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7th Anni in Reverse

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By Sarah

This year Dan & I escaped to Manitou Springs for the weekend of our anniversary. Michelle got to come along because she's so little & won't take a bottle. She sure enjoyed being an only child for a day & a half, though! Look at that huge smile while riding the cog railway. Here's a couple pictures of the view.
We were above the clouds at over 14,100 feet. Amazing. This was our first 14er. Someday Michelle will be lucky enough to say she went to the top of Pikes Peak at only 4 months old.

The woman working at our motel is from Poland & recommended a great bistro in town own by a Polish man. Dan was soooo excited to get eat authentic Polish food. Here he is with his bigos. It was delicious, but not as good as my Havarti pirogi & smoked salmon. Yum. I get such a kick out of hearing Dan talk about his time in Poland & when he speaks Polish. It seems like such a wonderful place. It is on our list of places to visit together "someday."
We truly enjoyed walking around the historic part of the city. These stairs were too cute.
At the Cliff Dwellings.
At 7 Falls (in the dark). No picture could do that place justice. Kind of felt like Disneyland meets national park. The stairs were not for those with vertigo, so I'm very grateful I don't have it! 7 Falls was not in our original plans to go there, but once again the nice lady at the hotel pointed us in a great direction. There are so many neat things to do in Manitou!
Once again we have a picture of us eating. We have not eaten this good of food in years. I really want to go to Casablanca after eating at this Moroccan restaurant. EVERYTHING was beyond great & the atmosphere was fantastic. Michelle loved the on-the-floor seating as well b/c she could just lay there, look at us, & smile. The waitress didn't even notice we had a baby at first.

A big shout out goes to the R. family, the other R. family, & Shannon for watching Kaelah & Danny for us! Thank you!!!

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Leslie@leserleeslovesandhobbies said…
Oh, Manitou Springs is a fun little place. I would love to explore it more some day. Maybe next time we are in Colorado Springs. Maybe. Happy 7 years!
August 4, 2010 at 1:20 PM
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