=20 David and I took a different route on Wednesday and explored the
Manitou Cl= iff Dwellings. As far as American touristy sites go, it's
pretty good. Avoi= d most of the foreign-made unrelated junk in the
store, but certainly enjoy= the range of freedom you get with this
site. The "doors" into the various = rooms are open for you to enter,
if you fit. I felt like a kid again as I c= rawled through small door
openings into the rooms. Hot day, but pleasingly = comfortable inside.
David took some liberties with the freedom though... we= thought it
would be fun if he hoisted himself upward using the wood beams =
spanning the small rooms. He will post photos I took of him standing
up the= re. After the dwellings we went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
The animals t= here don't seem to like each other. I've never seen a
bear charge another b= ear in the habitat, until today. Ditto for the
tiger. That was worth a scre= am. The poor tiger was relaxing in the
water in their habitat, and the larg= er tiger slunk around behind it,
easing itself into the water until it was = just behind the resting
one, and then lunged at it, grabbing its hind leg i= n its mouth!!!
The attacked one responded with a great roar. Good show, guy= s. Oh,
and guess what, Patrick has an example of him at the zoo! Yes, they'=
ve got a quaker there in the bird room. He wasn't as neat feather-wise
as P= atrick though -- a little picked on the head. We missed the trip
to the Wil= l Rogers Shrine up there, because they closed the road
early but our receip= t was validated so we could return Thursday.
David hopefully will post some= photos of our antics in the kids
park... the spider web was just too tempt= ing for David to leave
alone. We've got Thursday and Friday to get the rest= of the sights
in. Our plan next is to visit Cave of the Winds on the lante= rn tour,
return to the Shrine so we actually see it, stop by the World Figu= re
Skating Museum and of course go to Pikes Peak with the group. All in
Thu= rsday and Friday. We leave Saturday at noon, so the National
Lampoons trip = is in full swing.
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