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rolanni...the headache that's been hanging around the edges of things for the last couple days got ugly for a few hours this afternoon, which kinda nuked my plans to supersize today's writing. It's still there, too, beastly thing, lurking around the edges, just waiting for its chance to sink its pointy little teeth into my gray matter again. If it's not outta here by tomorrow, I guess I'll have to cave and call in the Big Drugs. Hate it.
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moon_happy tells me that there are all sorts of delightful things to do in Colorado Springs, besides the incomparable delight of being asked to GoH at COSine. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is looking like a must-see -- who could turn down the opportunity to hand-feed the giraffes? -- plus museums, waterfalls and all sorts of other crunchy goodness to be had. Maybe we should just plan on taking the month of January to play tourist? Hmmmm....
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Project: Crystal Dragon, Second Draft
New Words: 1,303
Total Words: 72,673
Goal: 120,000+/- Though I'm thinking now it will go long. Crystal Soldier is actually a bit underweight, but you don't argue when the perfect stopping point comes along.
moon_happy tells me that there are all sorts of delightful things to do in Colorado Springs, besides the incomparable delight of being asked to GoH at COSine. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is looking like a must-see -- who could turn down the opportunity to hand-feed the giraffes? -- plus museums, waterfalls and all sorts of other crunchy goodness to be had. Maybe we should just plan on taking the month of January to play tourist? Hmmmm....******
Project: Crystal Dragon, Second Draft
New Words: 1,303
Total Words: 72,673
Goal: 120,000+/- Though I'm thinking now it will go long. Crystal Soldier is actually a bit underweight, but you don't argue when the perfect stopping point comes along.
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Date: 2005-01-30 05:06 am (UTC)Garden of the God (the best known of COS' city parks) is a rather lovely park: very accessible and with a variety of walks to see its spectacular sandstone formations.
Cheyenne Canyon (not too far from the zoo) has good paths, but involves climing some grades, so it is a little more difficult, especially to flatlanders. Seven Falls is a commercial attraction, so I usually go to Helen Hunt falls which is not as spectacular but quite pretty and free.
I occasionally take people to wander around the Broadmoor hotel, our very own five star hotel. It has a very European feeling since it was built in the same period as some of the great Continental hotels.
Old Colorado City is the typical run down area with older architecture refurbished into shops and restaurants. Good place if you like to shop in interesting shops.
Manitou Springs, a little further down the road, is a much funkier version that has a pronounced counter cultural influence. Adams Mountain Cafe in Manitou Springs is a restaurant that caters to vegetarians, with sufficient entrees that even meat eaters can find something.
Margarita at Pine Creek is a prix fixe restaurant that looks like the architect had just read the Hobbit. I just realized I hadn't been there in a while, and I try to get there about once a year or so.
The Pike Peak funicular which goes to the top is worth the trip, but shut down during the winter. If you want to get a feel for being in the Rockies, as opposed to looking at them, a trip to Cripple Creek is a good drive. Cripple Creek is an old mining town converted to a gambling town. Since I don't gamble, I value the drive more than the destination.