Castle Rock, Colorado

I’ve had limited Internet access this past week, so I’ll make a couple posts today on our adventures in Colorado. We arrived Wed evening the 25th, staying with my Aunt Tammy, Uncle Tim, Jason & Zachary. They live in a beautiful custom home area in Castle Rock (Escavera) and we’ve enjoyed walks on the walking trail around the community and also climbed “the rock” in town.

Kayla & I did our best to boost the local economy in Castle Rock our first two days here – specifically the Outlet Mall shops where we made a significant dent in Kayla’s back-to-school shopping and my Visa card! In addition to shopping, Tammy, Kayla & I took a tour of a local castle (http://www.cherokeeranch.org/history.htm) on Thursday, perused the Antique shops, and enjoyed watching Jason play in a basketball tournament in Colorado Springs. Kayla had her eye out for “tall hot guys” - she & cousin Jason are the same age and get along really well. We think Jason finally has Kayla beat in the height department – coming in at a little over 6 feet.

Sat the 28th we headed to the scenic Royal Gorge Park (http://www.royalgorgebridge.com/ParkInformation.aspx) where we met Philip & McKenna who had spent two weeks Jeeping in Whitehall, Montana and Ouray, Colorado and had just traveled in Salida, CO (about an hour from the Gorge) to set up camp for the All 4 Fun Jeep Jamboree (http://www.mhjc.org/all4fun.htm). After a few hours in the park enjoying the views, I followed Philip in my rental car back to Salida while McKenna headed back to Tammy & Tim’s.