Love, Life and other Lessons of Faith: Please Accept Our Sincerest Apologies

Ok, ok, ok...we are sorry that we haven't gotten back to you. REALLY SORRY. We were experiencing some technical difficulties, then school was looming on the horizon, and Amber seriously forgot about all else. Now school has begun and we have trashed the old computer and replaced it with the new laptop (yay!). So there is really no excuse. We are posting vacation pictures on this entry, only because those were what was promised, however, there should be more pictures to come from here on out.

This is us just starting out on our trip (literally, we were still in Lenexa going through the McDonalds drive through).

We switched drivers after lunch.

This was the first shot we had of the mountains. Usually you can see them from far off in the distance, however because of the unusual amount of rain Colorado Springs was getting we couldn't see them until we were right on top of them.

This is of our first night in our tent. When we got to the Springs it was pretty damp but it wasn't raining at the moment. When we pulled up to put our tent up a guy from the campground told us that the tents in that exact spot had to be evacuated the night before because of flash flooding. THAT is exactly what you want to hear as you put up your tent.

This is our humble tent. It literally fit our mattress and a suitcase in it, so not much extra space.

On the first morning we were there is was crystal clear so we decided to take a drive up Pike's Peak and take advantage of the weather. It was appropriate for us to stop at Crystal Lake Resevior for a photo op. This was was crystal blue, and on the way down from Pike's Peak it was so still it was like looking at two mountain ranges. AMAZING!

This is us at the Summit of Pike's Peak taking the "typical" Pike's Peak shot.

On the way down from Pike's Peak there is a check point to see how hot your brakes are, and if they are too hot you have to stop and let them cool. Well, we were TOO HOT, so we took a 20 minute break and took some pictures.

By the time we made it down from Pike's Peak the clouds were beginning to roll in, however our day wasn't over. We wanted to make it to the Garden of the Gods while we still had decent weather since Ben had never been there before. We found the clouds actually made a pretty awesome back drop for the scenery.

This is us on the observation deck at Garden of the Gods. The mountains and all of God's work is AMAZING.

Unfortunately we did not have as much luck the rest of the trip with weather as we did the first day. The next day we were supposed to be going white water rafting....and we woke up and it was POURING!

The campground we stayed at had some pretty awesome facitlities, so the morning before we went white water rafting we spent some time playing pool and hit the indoor hot tub. Then it was off to Canon City to raft the Arkansas River. Those pictures are not on our digital since everything in the boat ended up soaked (including us), so we took a disposable. Those have yet to be developed, and since you know how fast we are getting things like that done, you can count on those being up in time for NEXT years vacation pictures.

...Moving on...

By Sunday, our last full day there, we were just tired of being wet, so we spent most the day dodging the rain, shopping the Old Colorado City, and resting and playing games in the tent.