DAY 11: Nothing Like A Little Reveille In The Mornin'........

DAY 11:  Colorado Springs, CO
TEMP:  78 Degrees

Nothing like being woken up at 6:15 am.......to the tune of REVEILLE.   Although it was quite patriotic, I did think it a bit bad for business that the KOA would perform this at such an hour.

Turns out, it was the military base next door...

And speaking of strange and unusual happenings around the KOA, this little guy was riding around his golf cart notifying everyone of ice cream social hour.  Turns out he's Larry, our next door neighbor here in the campground.....but aroundthese parts here at the KOA.....he's known as Foil Head.

And we bravely went back to our old campground where Chuck mowed down the mailbox yesterday to pay for the damages.......amazingly, it was already replaced and standing proud once again thanks to Kerry. (The campground sent me this cute picture!).

And these folks, well.....they are the BEST.  Chris and Margie didn't kick us out of the Pikes Peak RV Park or anything for being a constant pain in the "you-know-what"....no siree....I'm going to throw out a little promotion here and just tell ya if you're ever in the Colorado Springs area, you MUST stop and stay here!  You won't find better folks than them (and they have some of the most interesting neighbors we've ever had camping too!!)

And our good friends, Ken and Cynthia, from home (Mt. Vernon) decided ENOUGH was ENOUGH of reading about the cool weather I kept torturing you all about,  so they decided to hook up their 5th wheel and drive on over the 800 miles to Colorado Springs for a few days!!!

So Chuck and I were only too happy to show them all around our tromping grounds here in Manitou Springs, Garden of the Gods and great little scary cliffy roads......

And this is  Murphy's new "woman"......Blondie.  This sweet girl has Murphy wrapped around her little paw.....He's sharing spit with her every chance he gets and even yells at Kruger the 1-claw cat if he gets too close to her.....It's so cute....Murphy's "IN LOVEEEEEEE".......

And this is what today looked like in beautiful Colorado.........