A year ago today, I boarded a plane at 5:30 am to buy a house. Things didn’t go as planned, and I wound up in Colorado 14 hours later and an hour after we were supposed to close. The Lord was good, as always, and we were able to close after hours. I signed my…
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Honoring Officer Swasey
As most of you know, a police officer at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs was killed in the line of duty last week responding to a shooting off-campus. I work and am a student at UCCS, so our campus has spent the week grieving as a community. Yesterday, Officer Garrett Swasey was laid to…
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Seven Falls
Since Veterans’ Day was a Wednesday, Mac has a four-day weekend last week. The weather was really nice (and yet it snowed yesterday morning), so we headed over to Seven Falls. Seven Falls is a natural waterfall in a box canyon on the western edge of town. It was privately owned for decades until a…
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Our favorite restaurants in Colorado Springs
Vacationing or moving to Colorado? Be sure to check out ten of my favorite restaurants in Colorado Springs for new places to try!
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Pikes Peak Cog Railway
Currently, the Pikes Peak Cog Railway is closed until 2021 for renovations. We decided to take the Pikes Peak Cog Railway while the in-laws were here. The advance tickets sold out, so we got to the ticket office at 7 am for the 8 am train. The ride is about one hour each way, and…
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
While my in-laws were in town, we stopped at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument before we went to Cripple Creek. It preserves a grouping of fossilized redwood trees and other (mainly insect) fossils after a volcanic eruption resulted in a the formation of an ancient lake. The park has several hiking trails that allow…