Bishop's Castle

About an hour and twenty minutes away tucked back from the freeway, one can go and view the phenomenon known as Bishop's castle.  Jim Bishop a man with a passion for swearing, yelling, and ranting, also is building a castle.  

You can climb around and explore his work.  Last time we were there he was working on his moat.  Who knows how far he's progressed on that.  

Be sure to check out his hand made signs, rants and be careful with what you say you might trigger the beast, not the dragon he made...but Jim.

It is a site to behold!

Skyline Drive

A few miles west of Canon City is the entrance to Skyline Drive, off Highway 50. It is a one-way, paved road that runs about 3 miles along an extremely narrow 800 foot high ridge and winds along following the crest of the Dakota hogback. In many locations the ridge is only as wide as the road, with sheer drops on both sides. Skyline is open to drive, but you must drive slowly and carefully.

Down the way Dinosaur tracks were found. You can drive a little past it to park and get out and take a look at them.

There is Canon! It is a fun drive! I reccommend taking it. Did I mention the inmates built it?!?

The Royal Gorge

A place to go see while you are out here is the Royal Gorge. It is remarkable! There are a couple of ways to go see it.

First is the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park. They have a suspension bridge that you can walk even drive across it, a gondola that you can go across it, a vertical train that will take you down to the river, a pioneer town, a swing that will swing you out to the gorge, and probably many more attractions to appeal to everyone. The cost is around $23 (at least it was that last summer). They have some deals, check out the website for more information.

On the way to the bridge and park, there is a lookout point. Drive to the park, go around the parking lot and the parking for the lookout is on the right. You have a little walk down but the view is breathtaking!

Another way is take the Royal Gorge Train. They have various train rides offered; such as dinner rides, and tourist rides, ride and raft, and many more. Check the link to see all that is offered and what deals they give as well. The train will take you through the Gorge and look at everything...up. The experience is amazing!

And finally rafting! We will be rafting a calmer stretch upstream on Thursday, but for those of you who are die hard rafters, the Gorge is an experience. Echo, the same company we are going on our trip, offers full day rafting that includes the trip we are going on and the Gorge. Check out their website on information for both the full day and half day.

Two Months!!!!!!!

Hey everyone!

We are just so excited that today is the two month pre-montha-versary of our wedding! We just got my ring (this is Jay) and I love it so much! I tried it on and I miss it a lot now that I can't wear it anymore, but I am so ready to be married. We both are. This has been the longest engagement ever, and we are so excited for the wedding!

As an update, I have been looking more into our honeymoon location and I am extremely excited to be going to such a wonderful place.

Thanks again to everyone who is coming put to send us off to the beginning of our marriage! We love you all!

Pre Party Party

So hey, what's up? We are so excited about our reservation for a structure at Centennial Park (btw, our state is the "Centennial State") for the rehearsal dinner barbecue. Now, we're not going to ask everyone to show up for our rehearsal, because it's gonna be boring, but hey, it's tradition to involve out-of-towners in the rehearsal dinner, and since almost EVERYONE falls into the "Out-of-towner" category, the rehearsal BBQ is open to everyone and everyone they know.

What I'm saying is that the rehearsal BBQ is going to be nearly as big as the wedding reception. Except casual. There's going to be bocce, croquet, frisbee, whatever... There's a park that always has geese who like being fed, you can fish in the river that runs through the park if you have a temporary fishing license, there are volleyball and baseball/softball diamonds, kiddie gym/slide, all the stuff that people love to do outside in the beautiful Colorado afternoon.

We really appreciate that people are coming out, and we really want to have something for everyone. If there is a certain game that people want to play, please let us know and we will make it happen. We have a grass volleyball net, so if you really want to get after it, let us know!

Much Love!

Getting ready for Croatia

Dobar dan!

We are starting to get ready for our travel by reading up on Dubrovnik as well as learning a little Croatian. We got the Pimsler audio lessons and listen to them whenever we have some extra time to spare.

Everyday we are looking at pictures or searching about history and culture. I think this is the most excited we've been about traveling.


Dovi jayna

P.S I don't know how to spell anything in Croatian, this is purely phonic.

Whoops

As we are getting the RSVPs, we realized we didn't edit it. Originally, we were going to put in little slips to say whether or not you wanted to go rafting. Then we were going to total them and make the reservations.

Plans for the reservation process changed -- those of you who are interested in rafting should call Echo (1-800-755-ECHO) and make the reservations for yourself.

So you probably have seen the RSVP cards and wondered what slip we were talking about-- there is no slip, so just call Echo.

***Almost perfect!....Dang it!***