Warning: Unsocialized Homeschoolers at Play

August 16, 2009 by jcollins.

This morning we began our day with praise and worship with the Homeschool Alumni (HSA) folks. We’ve had a great couple days with them and said our goodbyes. It took us a little while to pack up the RV and get on the road, so by the time we hit the road, most everyone else had left the premises.

Next stop on our tour: the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. We planned to meet up with our friend Chris Herndon at the Garden, he thought it would be easier to take his car through the garden, as opposed to our bus. On our way to the visitors center we spotted some big horn sheep grazing on the side of the road.

Since I was the only one who saw them outside of Estes Park last week, we pulled over to see these guys.

These had even grander sets of horns than the ones that I saw. Now off to meet Chris at the visitors center. As we pulled up, we noticed something interesting, car after car seemed to have HSA written on them. Sure enough, many of the alumni had planned to visit Garden of the Gods today as well.

I guess they are socialized after all.

Our drive and stroll through the gardens was really awesome. The evidence of creation and the effects of the flood were truly awe inspiring. I think our family favorites were the huge balancing rocks.

I assume one day they may fall over, I’m glad it wasn’t today.

We wandered around a bit more and then went into the town of Manitou Springs. Chris took us to a penny arcade, where believe it or not, some games still cost a penny to play.

This is obviously the place where old games come to die. It was like walking through a time machine as video games from my childhood were still being played and enjoyed. There were some game that had to date back to the 30’s and 40’s. Oddly there was a game called Rodeo, where you shoot the bulls. Hmmm, doesn’t seem like the rodeo would last long like that.

We ended our evening by breaking bread (okay it was actually cheese sticks) and eating Colorado’s best bar-b-que. Our conversation covered music, Colorado’s Incline, and the role of father’s in families. We had a delightful time and look forward to spending time together again soon.

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