Colorado Springs

20^th September

We awoke early wanting to finish the drive to Colorado Springs in the day light. The views were stunning and was a subtle introduction to the rockies. Half way through the trip to Colorado Springs we had a warning light on the car, the oil needed changing, we still had an hour of driving so it was going to be fine but the warning light took up all the dash board information and we couldn’t see anything else. We couldn’t believe that we had managed to work the car so hardcore that it already needed an oil change.

We stopped at an Applebee’s on the way, it was another one of the American food chains that we hadn’t eaten at yet, it was basically a poor mans version of TGI Fridays.

We both chose the trio selection, which was a selection of 3 smaller dishes from the main menu. We had cheeseburger sliders, steak enchilladas, buffalo wings, spinach and artichoke dip and spicy queso dip.

A few miles from Colorado Springs we saw a sign for Seven Falls, we had heard about it and it was on a website as one of the must see places in Colorado Springs so we side tracked over to it. The scenery was grand and it was definitely one of the things that we were really trying to do whilst in the Rockies, there were 225 steps to the top of this waterfall, which is an effort when you are 7000ft above sea level and haven’t acclimatized yet. There were bear warnings everywhere but it was okay because Paolo had a stick.

 

After about 2 hours of tracking through the area around the seven falls and trying to find bears we decided that we should make our way into town in order to get our oil changed before places started to close. We managed to get it done for $30 which the rental company said that they would cover. Our hotel for the night was a B&B and it was a quaint old fashioned house like the one Forrest Gump grew up in, the land lady was very nice and the room was a lot bigger than we expected. The lady had made cookies for us and was very welcoming.

For dinner we strolled into town to view what life was like in Colorado Springs, it’s a nice place, quite but very safe. We settled on going for some fondue at the Melting Pot, there we had a 4 course meal which involved a cheese fondue, a beef broth fondue and a chocolate fondue! Epic meal, it took us about 2 hours to eat because it was so interactive and so much fun! Here are some pictures of the meal.

We headed home and got our fix of Jersey Shore for a few hours before bed.