Today was pretty much a repeat of Day Four! With a shopping twist!  We got cleaned up and went to one of the Biggest Dick's sporting goods stores I have ever seen.  I wanted to go drool on some Kayaks!  The honest truth, Kingsport, TN's Dicks has a much larger Kayak selection in store.  On the other hand, this particular Dick's had a huge area dedicated to snow slopes!  I am not sure Kingsport's store even carries skies. While I drooled on the Kayaks and the camping gear, Eric picked up a new pair of shoes and some socks.

After Dick's, we wondered over to Bestbuy, (hey it was next door to Dick's) and I picked up an SD card for a small camera I sometimes carry. Eric puchased an adaptor to play his two iPods in his car.  Then we headed to a place called "Old Chicago" for lunch!  Great little Italian place!  Then, it wouldn't be a shopping trip without a stop at Walmart.  I bought a couple of shirts, Eric bought more socks, and Jane Ann picked up some cards.  

Eric had to run to the base and Jane Ann wanted to pick up some "Army" stuff so she went along.  I stayed in the room and napped. The rest of the evening was spent just hanging out and being family!  Good time!

We didn't venture far from the room on this day.  Eric and I left the Hotel twice and Jane Ann once. We ordered Pizza and watched the Daytona 500, and then headed to the Red Robin Burger Joint for supper. Later on, we ordered a movie to the room (Step Brothers) and really just spent most of the day talking and laughing!

We are in a very nice Hampton Inn. We haven't taken advantage of the pool, but have the excersize room two days in a row now. I climbed on the stationary bike, rode three miles, and climbed off with very woobly legs! :) We have also talked computers as the one we bought Eric 3 years ago is really showing it's age!  He has his eyes on a gateway super gaming machine at the local bestbuy. I am trying to talk him into waiting until July or August of this year when I expect Windows 7 OS to be released, but the boy has been in Iraq for 15 months, with a pocket full of money, and he is itching to spend it on something rather large. 

We are located on the west side of this Hotel. So when we walk out of our room, this is typical of the views that greet us:

Colorado Day 4

So after an exhausting day, we were slow to move around this morning.  I woke up early, and headed to the breakfast bar.  I ate it there and then fixed Jane Ann a plate and took back to her. I then fell back asleep, and Jane Ann woke me and said, it's time to go!  Well, about the time we hit the road, we saw 5 buses being escorted by the Colorado Springs Police!  Sure enough it was Eric, so we just turned around and followed the parade. It was a fun reunion and as I write this, Eric is drinking a beer, and we are dicussing what he is in the mood for dinner wise.  I am pulling for steak myself, but with this guy, it might be mexican, Italian, or even just MickieD's. It's his choice, that is for certain.  Here are the pics to this point!  Will post more tomorrow.