A little bit of water.

Brrrrrr!  A cold front moved through the area last nite so it was chilly and overcast to start our day.  But we fortified ourselves with a yummy chorizo and scrambled eggs (with tortillas, of course) made by my wonderful hubby.  Food just seems to taste better when cooked and eaten outdoors in just a bit of a chill.  :)

Then we set off south just a bit to Seven Falls.  It is actually part of the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort properties, I guess.  They don't let you drive up the box canyon to the Falls anymore, so the Broadmoor runs shuttles from their property.  And what a property it is.....  good grief, it seems to go on forever!

Anyway, this was one of the views on the walk up to the Falls after the shuttle dropped us off.  They have two labels for this big ol' hunk of granite.  Can you guess?

It is known as Twin Pines (see the two pine trees at the top?) and also as George Washington.  If you look very close at the top, you can see his profile.

The falls themselves are absolutely gorgeous.  And they light them up at nite with LEDs.  I'll bet that is breathtaking!

Look closely at the pic above and you will see the steps.  There are 244 of them -- straight up to get to the top of the falls.

They actually have two sets of steps.  The pic of us above and below are on the shorter steps.  There are only 180-some on this set.  We cheated and took the elevator.  Grin.  We were saving ourselves for the "big climb".

And as it turned out, we didn't all make the climb.  Judy has a bum knee so it was completely out for her.  I started up and made it about 3/4 of the way up the first flight.  Too high for me so I went back down.  

Max made it to the first landing and took the pic above.  Look closely in the center of the pic.  See that dot of orange?  That's me!  Judy and I were sittting in some marvelous wooden rockers that they have at the foot of the falls. Only Ron made it all the way to the top!

The afternoon was spent around the camper for us.  For the Os..... well they had to go buy a new toilet for their camper.  As you might imagine, this is a critical part of camper living so when it goes whackadoodle, replacement is a high priority!  :)

We went into Old Historic Colorado Springs late this afternoon.  After some sightseeing, we decided to eat at a local Italian restaurant in the district.  It had been highly recommended to us by a couple of people  Sadly, by the time we got there, the wait was 1 to 1 1/2 hours.  I'm just NOT that patient for any restaurant!  So we piled back in the truck and headed back to Manitou Springs.  We ended up eating at the same Mexican restaurant that we visited earlier in the week.  It was THAT good!  Grin.