Vacation Part 2

On Sunday, we went to Baccalaureate at the Air Force Academy Chapel. It was very nice. After that everyone came to our cabin to eat lunch. Lots of good food and no one went away hungry! Sunday night we went to church and then to the pastor's house afterwards for a snack. At church we got to see Miss Folsum, former teacher at Penn View, and after church, I got to see my friend from my college days, Tonya Sickler. We had fun catching up on the past few years. On Monday, we went to Cripple Creek to visit the Mollie Kathleen gold mine. We went 1,000 ft. down into the gold mine and took the walking tour. After that we went downtown for lunch, which was fabulous, and then did some shopping before heading back to the cabin. When we got back, we went a few blocks from the cabin and got our picture taken at the Old Time Photography shop. First time we've had something like that done together. The pictures turned out great! Tuesday morning dawned with overcast skies and it was chilly. We went to the Parade of Graduates which was outside....basically all the cadets from the Academy parade onto the field and then the graduates step apart to signify that they are leaving the Academy. That night we were able to go to Andrew's commissioning.......very nice ceremony. Wednesday morning greeted us with fog, mist, and cold, cold, cold.....in the 30's. We left the cabin early so that we would be sure to get into the graduation. The doors close at 10 AM and if you're not in by then, you won't get in at all. We sat in the stadium in that weather for over five hours. Good thing we took blankets along as we used every one we had. It was just nasty. Thank goodness I had a weather proof coat! It was great to hear President Bush speak and he shook every graduates' hand.....all 1,012......that took well over an hour. The Thunderbirds only flew over once while the graduates were throwing their hats. They were supposed to do an airshow, but because of the bad weather it was canceled. After that, we went to the graduation party and enjoyed ourselves since the sun decided to come out. We started home on Thursday......traveled from Colorado Springs to Evansville, Indiana to my aunt's house.......very long day! Spent the next day with my aunt and family and then headed for home on Sat. We had a nice trip but it was good to get home! I think a certain brown furry creature was glad to see us too!