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We had a nice visit with friends this weekend. Our friend from State Christy Chapman is the RUF intern at Colorado State University, and she and her boyfriend came down to Colorado Springs for a wedding- it was great to see a familiar face!
And now for what you've all been waiting for...today was the long anticipated trip to Cripple Creek for Donkey Derby Days! After waffles this morning/afternoon, Joel and I packed up the Subaru with folding chairs and a picnic lunch and headed to the mountains. Cripple Creek is a tiny town about 45 miles (1.5 mountain driving hours) from Colorado Springs southwest of Colorado Springs. This is an old mining town that now has loads and loads of small casinos. We've been hearing about the 78th annual Donkey Derby Days, so we thought it would be a good excursion. We got to town just in time for the donkey races.
A really excited Joel preparing to watch the race.The shotgun start (just over halfway through this video, watch the woman in the red and white striped shirt and sunglasses...):
This is nearing the end of the race:
We decided to venture into a couple of the casinos after the donkey race, and hit the jackpot at JP McGill's Casino! Well, jackpot for us...we won $9 playing penny slots! At this point, the sky was darkening with rain clouds, so we decided to head back to Colorado Springs and blow our earnings at Five Guys Burgers and Fries for supper. All in all, it was a great excursion!
Here are some more photos from our journey:
Two asses.
Two more asses.
The dark clouds that made us decide to eat in Colorado Springs rather than outdoors in Cripple Creek.
A view from the highway between Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek
Hail on the road...wierd weather here.
The left and right sides of a double rainbow we saw on the way back to Colorado Springs.Some music from Cripple Creek bagpipers to leave you with (the shorter woman dancing was wearing donkey ears before they started):
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