Denver (10 - under 13) and Colorado Springs (11 & 12)

As we had hoped, Dakota Ridge RV Park was a safe and secure place to leave our rig while we were on our cruise.

Despite staying in Denver for six days, we unfortunately didn’t get a chance to look around much at all. This was mainly due to the fact that the girl’s school work was falling behind and we needed to put in a big effort to get their work as up to date as possible.

We imagine Denver city to be like most cities, however we did have a chance to catch glimpses as we drove quite close to the city centre on our way to and from the airport.

We would have like more time to explore Golden, the suburb in which we were staying as it was at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and there were quite a number of mountains trails to explore.

Nevertheless, for Rochelle’s birthday on Sept 14th we thought it best to allow the girls to have a school free day - we wanted to explore Colorado Springs and in particular, the mountain we saw behind the city as we were heading north to Denver prior to our cruise.

We discovered this mountain was called Pike’s Peak, and if we had enough time after exploring that, there was another interesting place to see called Garden of the Gods.