Does 14" of snow sound like Spring to you? To be fair it is typical weather for our area but we needed to get going on our Spring break adventure! Come Thursday morning the snow had melted so we pointed the KIA down I-25 going 80 miles an hour (legal speed limit) bound for the Colorado boarder and hopefully better weather.
Our first overnight was at the Buffalo Lodge in Historic Old Colorado Springs. I found this motel on Tripadvisor and from the description, it seemed like just our kind of off-beat place. I walked into the lobby and knew I wouldn't be disappointed! There was a wild boar skin underneath the TV, a hand painted mural cowboy mural, a massive stone fireplace and oh yes, a growling lion's head on the piano. The Buffalo Lodge is just the right amount of, "why be normal when you can be interesting"! I met one of the co-owner's, Liz Wiszniewski, who told me rumored had it that President Roosevelt had stayed there several times in its hayday. This wasn't hard to believe with all the animal skins in the lodge. Maybe some of them were his trophies. Our room was simple, clean and right around the corner from the Garden of the Gods Park. In the morning we skipped breakfast to be at the park in time to see the morning sun strike the red rocks. Glowing red rocks, crisp air and birds calling, inspirational! If you have never been to this amazing spot you must go! Massive red rocks jut out of the ground like ancient pottery shards scattered by a giant. Trails wind through the rocks and can be hiked or driven. We went to the park again the next morning because it snowed several inches overnight. Neither of us had ever seen the park in snow. Once again, inspirational! Back a the Buffalo Lodge, I interviewed Liz for my LEAP 366 Life Ring. I asked her, "If you could design a piece of fabric that represented you, what would it look like?" As she was considering the question her daughter came in and said,"She's feisty! I think she should be an animal print." Liz said that her family was the center of her life and she was protective of her cubs so a leopard print would be just right!
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