Colorado White Waters and Air Force Blue

Day 44, miles 8,049, states 15

Raft #1 with Kirk, Natalie, Tessa & Tammy

Alex checks out the Air Force Academy

Tammy and the twins met us as planned in Colorado Springs, and after taking a tour of the Air Force Academy with the boys, we drove into town and saw the final "Harry Potter" movie, explored the downtown area a bit, and then did a little shopping and had dinner at a mall before finally heading back to the RV park on the Air Force base and calling it a day.  Tammy and the twins got a hotel room just outside the base.  They met us again this morning, and we all climbed in the RV and drove to Canon City, for our Colorado white water expedition.  Natalie and Andi were a little nervous at first, but they did fine.  The weather was perfect and the river was not too cold. 

Getting ready for our Colorado white water adventure

Raft #2 with the twins, Andi, George, Alex, and two other rafters.

Following our white water adventure, we drove back to Colorado Springs and had dinner at a Mexican restaurant.  This is where we had to say goodbye to Tessa.  Her aunt Tracy, who lives in Colorado Springs, met us after dinner and picked her up.  Tessa will spend the next few days with her before flying back to North Carolina.  Tessa was also sad to say goodbye and asked if we could have one last breakfast together tomorrow before we head back toward home.  So we will meet her again in the morning (hooray!).  We are hoping to make it all the way across Kansas tomorrow.  Natalie made me check the weather (you know . . .  Kansas . . . Dorothy . . . tornadoes).  I didn't see any bad weather in the forcast--only a bad heat wave.  High of 105.