Escape to Colorado

Month after month we've been in Iowa during the COVID-19 social distancing situation.  It's time to head out for new scenes.  We still aren't comfortable flying so we drove the 11 + hours to our home in Colorado Springs.  Don's office is still closed but a change of scenery felt good for ten days.

One of our first evenings there, we packed a picnic supper and headed to Garden of the Gods for a hike.

We also enjoyed many walks around our downtown neighborhood trails.

Friday evening hike and picnic at Helen Hunt falls

A new destination awaited us on Saturday.  We drove about 1 1/2 hours to see Bishop Castle.  It's an unusual self-built "castle".  It was interesting but hardly worth the drive.  The day was saved by coming across the Isabel Recreation area where we had our picnic and hike around the lake.