Flying W Ranch

While we were in Colorado, we spent some time in Colorado Springs. My wife's father and his wife took us to an authentic cattle ranch for dinner. The Flying W Ranch is located near the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. They serve a Chuck Wagon style dinner and are able to feed over a 1000 people in under 20 minutes. Everyone gets a tin plate with a choice of BBQ Beef or Chicken, cowboy beans (they called them Whistle Berries...), a baked potato, corn bread, apple sauce (chilled to keep one corner of the tin plate cool enough to hold) and a little piece of spice cake.


After dinner the Flying W. Ranglers performed Cowboy Music. We really felt like we were in the West.

Rocky Mountains

For the second half of our vacation, we visited family in Colorado. We took a day and visited Brainard Lake. At 10,000+ feet, I ran out of breath just strolling around the lake.

I brought fishing gear and did some fishing with my dad and son. We had fun but didn't catch anything. While we were there, we saw people walking lamas. I'd never seen a lama close up before.