Day 17: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Today we went to the Ghost Town Museum in Colorado Springs. It was interesting and I even found some gold flakes when we went panning for gold. (Click here for photos from the Ghost Town Museum.)
After leaving there we decided to drive up Gold Camp Road. The map books all warn that this road should only be attempted by “experienced mountain drivers”. Well, anything like that is naturally going to attract our attention! Yeehaw!!! Actually it was not a really bad road and I think it would be fun in the snow. ;-) It did change to one lane dirt road after the first few miles…and we got to go through 2 hewn rock tunnels. Now, I have been through numerous tunnels on interstates…but this was much more interesting! It is still dirt road in the tunnel, and you can tell where they carved out chunks of the mountain so that you can drive through. We wanted to take pictures…but I had forgotten my camera and Tanya’s ran out of battery…oops…we will have to be better about that. Anyway, we may head up there some day later this week and get photos. It really was pretty up there…and we need a few more photos of rocks. ;-)
Next we headed to Wal-Mart and got some food for the rest of the week.
We were able to find a good church in Fountain, CO. The preaching was good and the fellowship was refreshing. I personally have really enjoyed the song services in the churches we have been to out here. They sing a lot of the “gospel” songs…and they usually sing most of the verses…and they sing with a lot of heart! They really mean it! I know I was blessed to see EVERYONE, from the adults to the teens to the young kids, singing out with all their heart. Anyway, if you ever are in the area, I would recommend visiting Fountain Independent Baptist Church.
After church we headed “home” and cooked a nice dinner. We decided to watch Wallace and Gromit while we were eating and enjoyed that bit of humor.
After leaving there we decided to drive up Gold Camp Road. The map books all warn that this road should only be attempted by “experienced mountain drivers”. Well, anything like that is naturally going to attract our attention! Yeehaw!!! Actually it was not a really bad road and I think it would be fun in the snow. ;-) It did change to one lane dirt road after the first few miles…and we got to go through 2 hewn rock tunnels. Now, I have been through numerous tunnels on interstates…but this was much more interesting! It is still dirt road in the tunnel, and you can tell where they carved out chunks of the mountain so that you can drive through. We wanted to take pictures…but I had forgotten my camera and Tanya’s ran out of battery…oops…we will have to be better about that. Anyway, we may head up there some day later this week and get photos. It really was pretty up there…and we need a few more photos of rocks. ;-)
Next we headed to Wal-Mart and got some food for the rest of the week.
We were able to find a good church in Fountain, CO. The preaching was good and the fellowship was refreshing. I personally have really enjoyed the song services in the churches we have been to out here. They sing a lot of the “gospel” songs…and they usually sing most of the verses…and they sing with a lot of heart! They really mean it! I know I was blessed to see EVERYONE, from the adults to the teens to the young kids, singing out with all their heart. Anyway, if you ever are in the area, I would recommend visiting Fountain Independent Baptist Church.
After church we headed “home” and cooked a nice dinner. We decided to watch Wallace and Gromit while we were eating and enjoyed that bit of humor.
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