The Olympic Training Center is the first stop on our Colorado Springs tour today—a cold, wet Wednesday that necessitates windbre
akers and jackets. We sit in awe as we watch film clips of past Olympic highs and lows. Then we observe Olympic athletes training in a variety of sports including shooting, volleyball, weight lifting and swimming. Our little swimmer, Miranda, is inspired, until she learns that the swimmers swim for an hour and a half to two hours a day, two times a day. Two times a week is good enough for her, she says. The weather is yucky, so we rest in the hotel for a while. Refreshed, we set out for
Seven Falls—billed as, “the only waterfall in Colorado listed in the National Geographic list of
International waterfalls.” The falls are beautiful, cascading down the side of a majestic red rock, box canyon lush with pine trees. We decide it isn’t enough to view the falls safely from the ground, and the whole family climbs the 224 steps up the side of the cliff to the top of the falls. I only freaked out a little. As I explained to the rest of the family, I am not necessarily afraid of heights, I am afraid of falling--actually I am afraid of the kids falling. Actually, I am afraid of Mitch falling. But he does well, and so do I---once I am back on the ground.
We end with free slices of pie (Free Pie Wednesdays!!!) from local chain diner, called The Village Inn. Three berry pie. Can it get any better than that?
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