Day 1, continued--Colorado Springs and Focus On the Family

August 1, 2015

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Calhan, CO to Colorado Springs, CO

(Please forgive me for the delay in this post. I've been working two jobs for the past month, and things have been pretty crazy. Now I'm down to one job and I can catch up on the posts!)

After leaving Paint Mines Interpretive Park, it was about 30-45 minutes into Colorado Springs. Here's a closer picture of the mountains seen in our "Driving" post.

"Mountains in view: Oh the Joy!" (to paraphrase Lewis & Clark)

One of the things E and I knew we had to do when we got out to Colorado Springs was visit the Focus On the Family headquarters! We grew up listening to Adventures in Odyssey every weekday evening and Saturday morning. Our routines revolved around this radio program for years, until the show started changing... The newest episodes really just aren't the same as the ones we grew up with.

Anyway...

At the mention of "Colorado Springs," my first thought is the Focus On the Family address: "Colorado Springs, Colorado, eight-zero-nine-nine-five. Or in Canada write to, Box Ninety-Eight Hundred, Vancouver BC, V6B 4G3"--the address we heard recited nightly by their chipper hostess, Chris. So of course, we made a point to visit the Focus On the Family Headquarters!

We rode the famous 3-storey slide--I did it twice. :) We were by far the oldest riders. The rest were children who barely passed our elbows...

Downstairs we found ourselves in McAllister Park!

Everyone's favorite detective: Harlow Doyle, Puh-rivate Eye

During our explorations, we stepped around the corner to discover....

NARNIA!

El and I did not just listen to Adventures in Odyssey. No, we also listened to cassette tapes Mom recorded of Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre production of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe." 

The lovely KT

The elevator is actually the Imagination Station. It appeared to be malfunctioning, though, and we did not "zoop" away on any fantastic adventures.

 And of course we stopped at Whit's End's ice cream shoppe for Wod-Fam-Choc-Sods.

The gift shop is worth perusing as well. We walked away with a mug, t-shirts (KT has a t-shirt obsession...), books, postcards, nicknacks...

It was a fun visit. :) 

Check my other blog in the next day or two for a video of my A-Bend-A-Go slide ride!

--Kiwi