Aaron has reserve duty this weekend so the kids and I decided that we would explore the area bit. We started the morning with a quick breakfast at the local coffee shop. This is a locally owned shop and they gave us some quick tips about the area. The tip that sticks out the most is "avoid Templeton Gap Road". Aparently this is a bad road to be on.
After breakfast we headed down the road to find an ice skating rink. We found it but it was 9 miles down the road. Considering we were traveling just 3 miles for lessons up in Littleton, I found 9 miles to be too far. There is apparently a rink at the Air Force Academy where you can take lessons. I will be checking out that rink later in the week.
After investigating the rink we headed over to the zoo. We had already decided that we would get a yearly membership here. We paid for our membership and then explored the zoo. We had been there earlier in the year, but with it being summer now more animals were out. Noteably we got to see a moose. The kids thought this was very cool. At this particular zoo you get to feed the giraffes which is always a hit. This time Caleb showed absolutely no fear of the giraffes. He walked right up to the baby "biraffe" and gave him a cracker. Last time he was a bit hesitant. The kids also got to ride a small train and got their faces painted. Caleb even sat still long enough to get a tiger painted on his cheek.
After the zoo, we headed home. Rather than just hop on the interstate I decided to take a more scenic route. Unfortunately, the route was not all that scenic. We didn't even see any cool stores to stop at. We did find the World Arena though. Apparently this is a very big ice skating rink and is known around the world. We didn't go in but we did see it.
I don't have anything on the agenda for Sunday but I think that we will just stay at home.
Maybe we'll walk to the park and play for a bit.
Just as a note: Caleb has started replacing "g"'s with "b"s, odd
After breakfast we headed down the road to find an ice skating rink. We found it but it was 9 miles down the road. Considering we were traveling just 3 miles for lessons up in Littleton, I found 9 miles to be too far. There is apparently a rink at the Air Force Academy where you can take lessons. I will be checking out that rink later in the week.
After investigating the rink we headed over to the zoo. We had already decided that we would get a yearly membership here. We paid for our membership and then explored the zoo. We had been there earlier in the year, but with it being summer now more animals were out. Noteably we got to see a moose. The kids thought this was very cool. At this particular zoo you get to feed the giraffes which is always a hit. This time Caleb showed absolutely no fear of the giraffes. He walked right up to the baby "biraffe" and gave him a cracker. Last time he was a bit hesitant. The kids also got to ride a small train and got their faces painted. Caleb even sat still long enough to get a tiger painted on his cheek.
After the zoo, we headed home. Rather than just hop on the interstate I decided to take a more scenic route. Unfortunately, the route was not all that scenic. We didn't even see any cool stores to stop at. We did find the World Arena though. Apparently this is a very big ice skating rink and is known around the world. We didn't go in but we did see it.
I don't have anything on the agenda for Sunday but I think that we will just stay at home.
Maybe we'll walk to the park and play for a bit.
Just as a note: Caleb has started replacing "g"'s with "b"s, odd
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