Day 13 - Free Stuff

As great as last night was, we won't typically spend money like we are on vacation.  We are still on a budget!  So today we hit the free stuff.

The Pioneer Heritage Museum is downtown in the old courthouse.  It has tons of fascinating information and exhibits.  Everything from painting, pottery, and Indian artifacts to geology and a restored 1909 courtroom.  The girls loved the old elevator that really worked!  They also filled out a treasure hunt sheet which kept them searching though every room.  Great museum!

Then we ate at Subway because I forgot to pack lunches.  We sat outside and ate at a little park where kids were splashing in a funny fountain that gave a little music show every 60 min or so.  The girls really want to go back tomorrow with swim suits so they can play in the water.  We just weren’t prepared today.

Next we went to the US Olympic Training Center.  The tours are FREE!  It was really neat to see the facility and think about what goes on in an Olympic athlete's training.  The gift shop was full of London 2012 gear.  I had thought about that a month or two ago – I guess we will miss the Olympics this summer.

We put up our tent screen canopy this evening to relax and eat under because there really is no shade till the sun goes down behind the mountain.  It’s the first time we’ve used it.  I think we will “need” it some.  It works great and goes up fairly quickly (although the 60 second assembly promise on the box may have assumed too much about our mechanical abilities).

Taps is just now being played at Ft. Carson (across the street from the state park).  It sounds so pretty!  Brad heard Reveille this morning.  Happy travels!

Pioneer Museum and USOTC Pictures