Two immediate missions to start the day. First was breakfast, so we headed to Einstein Bagels to split a breakfast sandwich. Second, we needed to find Barb a hoodie to protect her from the cold. Cold that is compared to Arizona.
Since the shops didn't open until 10:00, we drove up to Peregrine to check out our old home. Other than a new coat of paint, it looked the same as when we had it built in 1995. Rising to over 7,200 feet, Peregrine is mountainside residential community surrounded by pine trees and Colorado's red rocks. We miss it. Once back at The Promenade Shops At Briargate (pretty fancy name, right?), it wasn't too long before Barb found the hoodie she wanted. Now cold mornings and over airconditioned restaurants will no longer be an issue. After a little more driving around, we headed to Marigold Cafe and Bakery for lunch. This place has the very best French onion soup and it was all I ever ordered when living in The Springs. Just as good today as back then. After lunch the day kinda went South. First on our afternoon list was a visit to The Garden of the Gods. This is an amazing place and as soon as Iremember how to put photos up I will do so. We learned quickly that one does not want to visit The Garden of the Gods on a Saturday afternoon. I don't ever remember seeing this many cars before, but then it has been over 20 years and my memory may not be quite what it once was. We managed to take a quick route through, passing several parking lots that were full with people waiting to get in. The second item on our list was to visit Old Colorado City, which is a few blocks of interesting shops to poke through. Again too many cars and no parking. We will try both of these again on Monday, when everyone should be back to work. In the meantime, we decided to take a drive up Highway 24 as far as Woodland Park. A short, but scenic drive and one I made many times to fly fish the South Platt at Deckers, Colorado. Well, we didn't get as far as Woodland Park, turning around about halfway. Traffic was heavy and moving fast. So we took the long way back to the hotel and made plans for dinner. Having dinner with friends the next three nights, we opted to share a hamgurger at Bad Daddy's Burger Bar and it was a good choice. Very good burger and the sauce for the fries was outstanding. Picked up a Starbucks Latte and took a short drive up to the golf course I played a lot back in the day. In spite of the problems we had with traffic and crowds, it was another fun day. Tomorrow we hope to get out early and head up to Cripple Creek. I say up to because the highway there will take us up near 11,000 feet. Hopefully the slots will be kind.
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