Focus on the Family has their headquarters in Colorado Springs and also a "welcome center".
The kids got to record a radio show.
There was an amazing play place for children. If I'd lived nearby when the kids were smaller, I'm sure we would have been here regularly. One yelper wrote something like, "It is a great place to play if you can get past the religious undertones." Haha.
They even had a wardrobe through which you could enter Narnia!
After a few hours, we headed to the Navigators' castle, Glen Eyrie. Although you can only see the castle in a paid tour or stay, we visited to go to the bookstore.
Scott has greatly enjoyed some books put out by Navigators so we were excited to see their headquarters.
The grounds are beautiful and are located right next to Garden of the Gods.
We then headed over the Rockies for the last time.
Our first stop part way across was Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
I loved their indoor exhibits that really highlighted the scientific method.
Outside, they had petrified tree stumps - different from the petrified wood we found in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona where all the logs were laying down.
The youngers got to help the ranger take down the flag as we were there at closing.
This was the homestead claim at this park. The land was homesteaded by a widow and her 4 children.
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