Photos & Text © 2001 by Len Schwer
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Route of Travel (clockwise) from Colorado Springs to Denver |
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We had planned an 11 day vacation with Ms Becky's parents starting in Colorado Springs with her Dad's annual ship reunion of the World War II crew from the USS Portland. These WWII geezers are a Great bunch of guys and I very much enjoy talking with them and listening to their conversations.
The planned start of our trip was 13 Sep, but the World Trade Center tragedy cancelled our departing flight plans, so we rented a car and drove 1,350 miles from Windsor CA to Colorado Springs in three days. We had plenty of rental car company all along I-80 as that was the current mode of transportation of choice.
We arrived in COS on 14 Sep Friday, in the early afternoon, and meet Becky's parents who had planned to drive and arrived a day early. The only reunion event we missed was the Memorial Ceremony at the Air Force Chapel, as the Air Force Academy was closed to visitors.
The remainder of our vacation went as planned and we had wonderful weather for the entire trip. Our timing for the fall colors was near perfect as the aspens were a brilliant yellow which contrasted very nicely with the dark green of the conifer covered mountains.
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