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Another great day. It started EARLY this morning with Delma taking a smoke break at 2:00am and finding Kyce sitting in his pickup listening to music. He had gone to a 10:40pm movie (X-men) and said he wasn't quite ready to come into the room and listen to the symphony of snoring. Don't know what his problem was; I use earplugs and have no problem at all. Anyway, they stayed up until 3:00ish talking; then came to bed and crashed.
I got up around 6:00am and started reading a book. That light on the Kindle is WONDERFUL! Around 6:30am, Kimmie called Aunt Carole. She just about hit the wall trying to find her phone. Everyone's day began.....sort of. Aunt Carole went down for coffee; I joined her later and let everyone else get some sleep (or so we thought). Delma came down later.....everyone started to notice this pink t-shirt and black capris theme we had going for the day. Of course, Delma had to REALLY get everyone's attention when she did a little shake making her waffle. Can't take her anywhere.
Went back to the room and got around for our trip to Cripple Creek. Off on another adventure. OK, so we had a slow departure from the room. Mom and Aunt Carole left first; me next; then Delma and Kyce brought up the rear. We had to hold the elevator for Delma and Kyce (slow pokes). When we finally all got in the elevator, we were just chit-chating and enjoying our day. Kyce finally noticed we had not moved; he hit the 'down' button to get things started (OK, I forgot to hit the down button). We all had a big laugh. A great start.
Delma suggested I drive TO Cripple Creek and she would drive back Great idea (second great idea on the trip)! It was a wonderful drive.....or so I kept hearing from everyone. I kept my eyes on the very winding roads. I dind't hear Mom gasped too many times, so felt I was successful in getting us to Cripple Creek. Here's our first view of the town:
Drove through the quaint little town taking in the sights and trying to decide on which casino to win our millions at (ha). Kyce suggested Wildwood Casino; sounded good to us. We had a great time. This is another sight of Grandma and Aunt Carole never seen before. Just take a look at the total concentration on Aunt Carole's face.....Mom is getting warmed up.
Look at Grandma now; Kyce says she is 'addicted'.
Delma caught me when I had doubled my money (on the penny slots!!) I was happy!
We stayed at the casino a couple of hours. I lost $35, Aunt Carole lost $25, Mom lost $6 and Delma lost an undisclosed amount (she didn't offer up any info)! Before we left, we had to get a picture of all of us. Don't we look great (Kyce fit in with his maroon shirt):
We had enough of the casino, so headed back to Colorado Springs. We HAD to stop at the Woodland Park Sonic we saw on our way to the casinos. Let me tell you, it was the best looking Sonic I've ever seen; and it's not because I haven't seen that many since we left Oklahoma 2 weeks ago (I have missed my Sonics!). Before we left, I had to take a picture!
Isn't it great? I was so impressed with this Sonic, I completely missed the beautiful view of the mountains. All I had to do was turn around.....didn't have a clue until we started to drive out. Delma stopped so I could take some great shots. I used the zoom lens and took this picture.
On the drive back to Colorado Springs, Kyce road in the back. He passed out. We got this brief peek of Kyce sleeping:
Delma said where else would Kyce be when he is in a car with his Mother. He always slept on road trips!
Made it back to the hotel around 4:00pm. Delma and I left to get more water and make an ATM run. I used my handy-dandy MCCU (Members Choice Credit Union) app to find the closest free ATM. It said it was .14 miles from our location. 4 miles later we found it in downtown Colorado Springs. Delma asked me how much money we were saving by driving to the "free" ATM. I had to agree. BUT we did see downtown Colorado Springs. It's beautiful. I enjoyed the drive. AND we made it back without Mom telling Delma "red light, red light"! We had to laugh at that.
We are in for the night. Mom is watching the college World Series. Texas is behind at the moment. Hopefully they can come back and win. We'll see.
Well, that's it for today. We may drive to the Royal Gorge tomorrow. Aunt Carole said it has been many, many, many, many, many, many, many years since she has been there (I may have left out a 'many' or 2).
I'll share more tomorrow.
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