Today reminded us of the Chevy Chase movie Vacation when they finally reach Wally World, and the big moose says, “Sorry folks, park’s closed” in that goofy, mechanical moose voice. The Son wants to play mini-golf in every state, including the ones that may happen to be cold and have snow! The first mini-golf was closed, but, fortunately, Adventure Golf was open, and the lady was very friendly. She even gave us a $1 discount per person - maybe because we actually braved the cold. Levi chose the Old West themed course, appropriate for CO. While we were golfing, the Rockies towering in the background, I was wearing gloves, and we even saw snow flurries!!
After a nice warm lunch, we tackled the Daughter’s goal – going to a zoo/aquarium/or some animal place in every state. We visited Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, recommended to us on our travel community: http://HelpUs.BestPlacesInTheUSA.com. The zoo is actually built on the side of the mountain, which made it very unique! They even had a ski lift to ride up and admire the view. Unfortunately, it closed early because of the snow flurries, and we weren’t able to ride it. (picture the Wally World moose telling us it was closed) We headed to the pony rides, and they had just closed, too! (more moose voice) It was very disappointing, but the Daughter was able to shake the disappointment, and we had fun anyway.
We fed crackers to the giraffes and discovered that their tongues are quite long and gross!! The elephants were awesome because the trainer came over and talked to us for probably 15 minutes about them. The snow leopards were our favorite, though. The Daughter went to the window to peer in, and one leopard, who was lying in the corner, got up and ran by the window, smacking it. The Daughter jumped about 10 feet! After that performance, we stood around watching the leopard for quite some time as it would run by and smack the window in front of us. After several passes, the leopard lost interest in us but started fighting with the other leopard. We all thought it was one of the best zoos we had ever been to.
On the way home…did I just call the hotel “home?!” On the way back to our stuff, we stopped by Seven Falls, apparently named for the, you guessed it, 7 waterfalls. Fitting with the day, it was closed for renovation until the end of May. “Sorry Folks, Park’s Closed…”
-The Mom (aka Mrs. Griswold)
Note from The Dad: First, I have to say the "Vacation" metaphor breaks down on several levels. We are in a minivan, not a station wagon. Mrs. Griswold does the driving so I can work. I would never fall for Christie Brinkley because I personally believe her and Billy Joel are soul mates. Let's not even get into the Cousin Eddie thing. Second, we need to stop bringing it up because I can't get the song out of my head now. Make it stop! Watching the video does help, as it seems to help me purge most of the 80's out of my memory...except my shirts with big collars...those are coming back.
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