Day 14

We decided to get a late start and enjoy Colorado Springs a bit as checkout wasn’t until 1pm. We got up and got the kids ready and headed back to Garden of the Gods for some hiking. We tried a different area today. It was a ways from the main visitor area and offered some area for the kids to scramble on the rocks. Grant seemed thrilled as he climbed up on the rocks and explored cracks and crevices. We let them burn some energy and went back and hooked up the trailer. We filled up the water bottles with spring water on the way back to enjoy some more of that on the drive. On the way out we stopped at Rudy’s BBQ for lunch and grabbed some BBQ. It was pretty darn good. We headed down I-25 toward New Mexico. The wonderful mountain backdrop gave way to Cedar scrub and the appearance of the high desert. The temperature gradually rose and it seemed to make the departure from those wonderful areas real. We arrived in an old route 66 town named Tucumcari New Mexico, and set up the trailer and baked cookies with the kids as an activity. Tomorrow is a long hall home to Temple.