Exploring

While in New Jersey, we were just 20 minutes from a seaside town that my family frequented when I was very little….Asbury Park.  As a child my parents would go for Sunday “rides” and many times our destination would be the jersey shore.  I have not been to this area for 55 years! I remember walking the boardwalk in Asbury Park and eating clam strips at Howard Johnsons!  I also have a memory of riding children’s rides at Palace Amusements…and eating salt water taffy!  Palace Amusements closed in 1988 as it was in disrepair.  (I remember riding the below ride when…

Our final day in Colorado we explored Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.  Garden of the Gods Park is a registered National Natural Landmark consisting of  300' towering sandstone rock formations against a backdrop of Pikes Peak.  The park was a gift to the city in 1909 with a stipulation that is must always be free to the public.We strolled through park and saw the cutest deer family!  The views and rock formations are breathtakingly beautiful.  The next day we started our trek back to the East Coast.  We caravanned for two days but had to part ways in…