Colorado - Day 1

After spending ALL day in the car yesterday we were happy to be in Colorado Springs!  Kansas is a long, flat, brown, and boring drive.  But hey, at one point in Kansas we were able to say that we were listening to Journey while driving a Journey while on a journey! :)  I have been repeatedly told that the skies are blue in Colorado...a lot bluer than Indiana.  I still can not attest to this fact as today was gray, cloudy, and foggy.  Sarah...you owe me a blue sky! :)  So we decided to make today our indoor activity day. 

We started off at Compassion's Global Ministry Headquarters with a tour.  It was a fun experience and great to see first hand this ministry that I really believe in.

Then we popped over to the Focus on the Family welcome center.  They had a play area that was geared for younger kids.  We discovered that Aaron was too tall to go down the 3 story slide, but Dusty was not.

After lunch, we headed to the US Olympic Training center.  We all enjoyed the tour and had fun with the exhibits.

Dusty tried to take my gold medal spot, so I showed him a thing or two!

Dusty and Aaron perfected their 2-man bobsled form.

Dusty tried to measure up to Michael Phelps arm span....but came up just a bit short.

We saw the wrestling gym as part of the tour.  This is coach Brandon Slay, who is also a 2000 Gold medalist.

My sport

Our last stop of the day was the Money Museum.  It was interesting to go through and they earned bonus points for having a pressed penny machine....a Hackney vacation favorite!

One of these coins is worth $7 million!  We were told by the guard that one of their coins was worth this much and was the only one in existence.  We asked him which one.  He said he honestly didn't know, but he had his suspicions.

A collection of currency from around the world.  It was a lot more colorful than ours!

...and Aaron wanted to know why he hadn't seen more of these around the house!

Day 2 we will be in search of better weather in Estes Park