Colorado Springs

We left Santa Rosa, New Mexico and headed for Colorao Springs, Colorado. Becky's mission was to see the place where she was born. Her dad was in the Air Force and scheduled to leave Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, CO, but was waiting for his third child (Becky) to be born. His leave was nearly over when she was finally born. The family had to hit the road so, at two days old she left her birth place. For many years she has wanted to return to see the place where she came into this world and this was her opportunity.

We arrived in Colorado Springs on June 6th and settled into the campground. We intended to only stay one week and then move on, but fell in love with both the place and weather so we decided to extend another week. Words can't express the beauty of this place, so I would advise each of you reading this blog to make a point to make it a family vacation spot if you can.

We were very fortunate to get a great site at the Air Force Academy campground. Our camper was snuggled beneath the large Ponderosa Pines on a fairly private spot. The weather for both weeks was great with only a couple of days of rain showers. No humidity at all which makes for much easier breathing. I think we both may have just found a summer home, but we'll have to travel more of the country to make sure there's not a better place.

After two weeks of seeing the sites, we left heading back towards Tennessee, but are in no hurry to get there. We both know the weather back home is going to be much hotter and the humidity a whole lot higher. Being the adults that we are, we realize we have responsibilities and need to make the journey home. :( It will be great to see the family again, but I know the open road will be calling us fairly soon.

We traveled through about half the state of Kansas and spent the night at a nice campground in Russell, KS, before heading south towards Oklahoma City, OK. We arrived at Tinker Air Force Base which is located just east of the city and have a very nice site over looking a small lake where a lot of folks fish. We toured the base and sourrounding area and took several pictures, mostly of the planes they have on static display. The Air Force Thunderbirds were here performing both Saturday and Sunday so I was able to get some great shots of them doing their stunts. Most of the time, they were flying right over our camper. It was great!!!! I just love being back on a military base!!

We will head out tomorrow morning for somewhere in Arkansas and will stay there for a couple of days. I want to try and get back on Little Rock AFB, because the Base Exchange has something I want to purchase. We stayed there on our way out west and enjoyed the campground so thought we'd go back through that area.

Well folks, I'll sign off for now and until we meet again on the blog it's On The Road With The Snow's