Manitou Springs with mom!

After driving to St. Louis for Easter, I swung by Rich Hill and picked up my mother. She drove out to Colorado with me to spend a few days and then fly back. It all worked out nicely for several reasons... number one being that it saved mom money because she only had to buy a one way ticket from Denver to Kansas City, number two mom was able to have a small mini vacation and enjoy some nice weather and cool sites in CO and the third reason was that mom got to see my apartment all put together before I move again. She had only ever seen it once before and that was the day I moved in. She really liked how I had decorated and set up my little place. We drove out on a Sunday and made it back home at night and pretty much just went straight to bed. The next day, Monday, we took a trip to Manitou Springs.






I had told mom about Manitou before and was really glad she got to visit it. It is really such an adorable place and I will be truly sad to not be within miles of it when I move. Mom and I enjoyed several souvenir shops, art galleries, antique stores and many more.












We walked around the town until lunch time when we ate at The Heart of Jerusalem. I had ate there before when I had two friends, Katie and Soa, out to visit and I couldn't resist not sharing it with my mom.




After lunch we walked around some more, going through some shops and then took a small drive out into the countryside to enjoy some of the mountain views.




Including the Garden of the Gods and some interesting photo opps in a town near Manitou!! :D






Around 3:00 PM we headed back toward Manitou Springs and visited the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. BUT that will be a different blog post!

Enjoy and God Bless,
Trinity