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Things to do in Colorado Springs, CO

Looking for fun things to do in Colorado Springs? There is always plenty to do here at 6035 feet above sea level. If you’re more of a go-getter, there are endless outdoor activities to keep you busy, And if you like to take it easy, we got you covered too.

Soak in the soothing waters of one of many Colorado Hot Springs.

Camping in Colorado gets you out in the mountains, next to a campfire, and under the stars.

Go hiking on one of many Colorado Springs hiking trails. They’re free! And beautiful. Mountain views. Streams. Clean air. Fresh pine. Get outside! Ride a horse if necessary, but get outside.

Take a ride on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,110 feet.

Enjoy a java with a mountain view at one of several Colorado Springs coffee shops.

Study the sculptures on an art walk as you go shopping in downtown Colorado Springs. Have lunch or dinner at one of dozens of downtown restaurants.

Order “a flight” of microbrews at one of several Colorado Springs Brew Pubs and discover your favorite local beer. Is it a lager? An IPA? How about one of those specialty beers brewed with apricots? You might be surprised at what you’ll find.

Ski or Snowboard in the finest snow in the world. We suggest venturing out to Wolf Creek Ski Area, Monarch, or Vail to experience a powder paradise. Or visit one of the many other Colorado ski resorts like Loveland and A-Basin. If you love skiing and riding, look into getting season tickets like the Colorado Pass or Rocky Mountain Super Pass. And check out our tips page about Colorado skiing on a budget.

Go snowshoeing on breathtakingly beautiful mountain trails.

A hot air balloon ride will give you a stunning bird’s eye view of Colorado Springs and all its natural beauty.

Go mountain biking on one of many single-track trails in the area. Or, descend Pikes Peak with one of the local outfitters to see what it’s like to ride at 14,000 feet.

If you’re feeling adventurous, go on a whitewater rafting trip down the Arkansas River.

Colorado Springs nightclubs offer plenty of entertainment. From dance to comedy to martini bar or rock-n-roll, a nightclub will keep you active well after the sun goes down.

One of our favorite things to do in Colorado Springs is to visit one of the Colorado State Parks. Cheyenne Mountain, Mueller, and Eleven Mile State Parks are all in close proximity to the springs, and offer great hikes, camping sites, visitor’s centers, and as always, amazing views.

Step it up a notch and take a day trip to one of four Colorado National Parks. Rocky Mountain, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes, or Mesa Verde. They’re all awe-inspiring.

Ride a Horse through the Garden of the Gods and gaze at the rolling foothills and Pikes Peak beyond.

Try your hand (and feet) at rock climbing. Colorado Springs is a mecca for scaling rock.

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Dogville

4 Motorhome tour of Europe

Friday 10/10/08

Left Perth 1.30pm arrived at services in Maidstone Kent 12 hours and 510 miles later, lot’s of roadwork’s, wind and torrential rain made it a slow journey. We both enjoyed a large drambuie before bed at 3am.

Saturday 11/10/08

Wakened at 10am to glorious sunshine and a very small notice. “Maximum stay 2 hours. Please purchase ticket for longer stay [£14] Wheel clamps will be used and fine issued” After setting the alarm off 3 times my doubts about Gordon’s ability to sneak a 23ft motor home past the parking attendant were unfounded!!!  Nice 30 min drive to Dover and got the 3.30 ferry to Calais, smooth 1 hour crossing. Drove 20 miles towards Dunkerque and stopped at free camper van parking at small harbour in Gravelines.

Weather lovely 20°C

Total mileage today- 50

NOTE – in France they provide free motor home parking in all the villages they are called Aires, they usually have fresh water and waste water dumping facilities for around 2€. They vary in size from 10 – 30 vans.

Sunday 12/10/08

Bonjour, 8am. Wandered down over moat past fort to local boulangerie for fresh croissants for breakfast. Had a drive around Dunkerque, but not a lot to see, a very large town with a lot in industry. Drove into Belgium and had lunch at village called Le Panne. Decided to drive west back along the coast to Arromanches.[Normandy D Day Landings] Arrived 7pm camped up at Aire in village which had parking for 14 and we got the last space.

Weather 24°C

Mileage today – 320

Monday 13/10/08

Visited the D Day Museum at Arromanches. Then onto Omaha beach and the American Cemetery. This was unbelievable; you would think it had been built yesterday and not in1956. A huge modern display and information reception before going through to the gardens, memorials and 9400 graves with immaculate white marble headstone in perfect lines, only the Americans could have built a show piece like this in the middle of the Normandy countryside, well worth visiting, a very moving experience. Drove down to Aire at Utah beach to spend the night.

Weather – Fair 16°C

Mileage today – 51

Tuesday 14/10/08

Utah beach Museum – brilliant. Then onto Pointe Du Hoc. This is where 225 American rangers scaled the cliffs to take out the German guns. 90 survived. We are both a lot more knowledgeable about the D Day Landings. A very enjoyable and interesting 2 days on the Normandy coast. Drove to the east of Paris and stayed at motorway services. Sat Nav through the centre of Paris great, although it does take you onto the toll roads, did it in 30 mins. The roads aren’t nearly as busy as back home.

Weather – Cloudy but fair 17°C

Mileage today –  250

Wednesday 15/10/08

Drove through Champagne Country today. Stopped at another American war memorial at Chateau Thierry, sitting on a quiet country hill side it was 200ft high and 1000ft long. The Americans really like to make their mark and let everyone know their part in WWII.  Lovely run on non toll quiet roads all the way to Germany. Arrived German border 8.30pm, staying at motorway services just outside Saarbrucken, when we arrived a young guy from Hungary came over, he had just bought a car in Germany and had broken down and “he did not know nothing why the diesel was pouring out the engine” Gordon spent the next 2 hours doing a temporary repair for him, he was extremely grateful as he had 1500km to travel back to Hungary! We hope he makes it.

Weather – Cloudy 18°C just started raining this evening 10pm

Mileage today – 250

Thursday 16/10/08

Left services in heavy rain which continued all the way to Nurnberg, a long drive with a few road works. Lovely countryside, arrived 6pm and booked into only campsite in Nurnberg {28€. For 1 night!!!} Drove into city to stock up on groceries (a lot cheaper than in France but diesel is more expensive 1.30€ a litre}.couldn’t get any satellite signal tonight so missed Emmerdale ! Watching DVD.

Weather – 13°C Rain

Mileage today – 260

Friday 17/10/08

Parked 2 miles from city centre and had a nice walk in. did the tourist sight seeing bit. Nurnberg  is a lovely city, very clean.  The only thing we have trouble with is the language ! ordered Riesenbratwurst, Bratkartoffeln & Sauerkraut for lunch. It tasted ok !

Roads are good and we haven’t had any difficulty navigating them. Travelled to Swickau and parked in motorway services tonight.

Weather  – 10°C Sunny but very cold

Mileage today – 126

Saturday 18/10/08

Drove to Dresden and then onto Colditz, it wasn’t the easiest place to find, no signposts until you were within a mile of the town, located the castle, it sits in the centre of town surrounded by houses which surprised us, we then  parked in lay-by just outside Colditz town.

Weather – 10°C Sunny

Mileage today 148

Sunday 19/10/08

Spend most of the day at Colditz Castle, brilliant, saw the escape tunnels dug by the POW’s. well worth visiting. All the information and photo’s are about failed escape attempts!!!

Headed towards Poland and crossed border at 6pm. The difference compared to Germany, roads, cleanliness etc is instantly noticeable. First priority tomorrow is to get Polish money before we need fuel !! Stayed at service station at Boleslawecka, didn’t feel very safe.

Weather 10°C Sunny

Mileage today. 153

Monday 20/10/08

Early start today, on road by 8am. Travelled to Wraclow and onto Krakow arrived 3.30pm. We drive at 58mph, this makes driving easy as flow with lorries {which there is a lot of in Poland} Ave 23 MPG..Air suspension working well on the Polish Roads glad we got it fitted. Gordon was dreading driving in city centre with trams etc but found signs for campsite 2 miles from centre (great nice change from service stations and lorries) . Got bus, then tram with help of friendly Polish chap to city centre. Nice walk right round the old city, palace, river, churches & museums and then had traditional polish dumplings for tea (very good) outside in the market square, {largest market square in Europe} . Enjoyed watching the horse drawn taxis with a glass of wine as the sun went down over city. They have floodlights on all the building in the square at night. So far we have found Krakow lovely and the people very friendly and helpful. Thought we would have found the language more difficult, we found the local off licence ok. They call them ” ALKOHOLE”

Weather 7am – 4C     3pm – 20°C

Mileage today 235

Tuesday 21/10/08

Went to salt mines at Wieliczka just east of Krakow. An amazing place, 130m underground and there is a huge church with the alter etc carved out of salt. Stables for the horses and offices in the 300km of tunnels. The miners carved statues out of the rock salt to make it a visually pleasant place to work; it was a privilege to be a salt miner, very healthy environment.

Travelled to Oswiecim (Auschwitz) and parked at the 24hr car park at the museum (12 Zlotys)

We met an Australian couple in Krakow campside and bumped into them in Auschwitz we parked up together and had an interesting and funny night swapping tales about our adventures so far. (They flew to Germany end of august and bought camper van their to tour Europe for 10 Months)

Weather 7am – 1°C       3pm – 24°C

Mileage today 50

Wednesday 22/10/08

Auschwitz – visited the museum and concentration camp {formally the Polish Army base camp} then out to Brzezinka (Birkenau} Extermination camp. We couldn’t even try to explain the horror and unbelievable size of Birkenau it’s not till you actually walk round that the scale of the Germans extermination of a complete race hits home. We said earlier that Germany was a beautiful clean country we now recon this is where they learned about recycling, everything from the prisoners exterminated was recycled, artificial limbs, glasses, even hair. Total shocking experience. We left Poland 3pm and reached Chez Republic border at 4.30pm. Headed for Slovakia and crossed border at 5.25pm. Got some Slovak money 4000 Slovenskych korun for £100 and also Road pass {Wingett} for 7 days.  (3 countries in an hour, what a rally crew !!)

Parked in lorry lay-by with 24hr café just north of Trencin {tea for 2 with drinks £4).     Weather 7°C – am      24°C – pm

Mileage today 251

Thursday 23/10/08

Drove to Bratislava, had a drive round but no where to park near centre, drove into Hungary and had lunch, Slovakia & Hungary both lovely but not a lot to see decided to head for Austria and parked at services just outside Vienna.

Weather 12°C cloudy & windy

Mileage today 224

Friday 24/10/08

Found and booked into campsite for 2 nights – 20mins from Vienna Centre. Had washing machine & tumble dryer, spent the morning doing the last 2 weeks laundry. Gordon sat in laundry while I did the house work and set up our ‘my space’ on the computer (also watched a lot of rally footage on u tube I think!!} booked city tour at 1.30pm – 72€. Which turned out to be very expensive for what we got to see? it did give us our bearings round the city though which is very beautiful, had a lovely meal before catching tube (which is full of drunken vagrants) then bus back to camp site, didn’t pay for tube!! Bus 3€… Great day out.  

Weather   -3°C am     +7°C pm

Mileage today 25

Saturday 25/10/08

Tube back into centre Vienna, had nice lunch, went to visit the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, [Mega] couldn’t get tickets for tour or show – fully booked. Walked around city sight seeing for 5 hours and a walk down beside the Danube. Got back to site at 6pm exhausted. As beautiful as Vienna is we’ve had enough of the cold. (the camper is really cosy, it’s walking round through the day that’s freezing] early night tonight as hope to be close to Venice tomorrow night.

Weather – 6°C

Mileage 0  Walked 10 miles

Sunday 26/10/08

Left Vienna 10.30am Sunday is the best day for a long journey as no lorries on the road. Passed through PIBER, this is the Stud for the Lipizzaner for the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.  Route VIENNA – GRAZ – KLAGENFURT – VILLACH – ITALIAN BORDER – UDINE – Crossed Italian Border 3.15pm. Came of the toll road and headed for coast, parked at camper stop in Caorle approx 25 miles east of Venice. The scenery through the north of Italy is some of the best we’ve seen so far. Austria is also lovely but we travelled through quite a lot of fog.

Weather 0°C – am Vienna         22°C -  pm Italy.

Mileage today 362

Monday 27/10/08

Walked down to village centre, had morning coffee and walk along sea front, lovely holiday resort/fishing village. Drove to Lido di Jesolo then out to Punta Sabbioni, just across water from Venice. Parked at camper stop (17€) no free parking near Venice. Took the scooter on its maiden run, brilliant fun, had a run around all the local villages, went for groceries. Forgot the scooter didn’t have a very big boot!!

Weather 18°C

Mileage 60

Tuesday 28/10/08

Bought public transport ticket {this includes ferry & water busses) for 14€ each, and caught ferry over to Venice, 1/2hr crossing. Spent the day sight seeing in Venice, hopping on and of water buses. Brilliant place to see but we were both a bit taken aback how neglected all the buildings were. Back to camper and headed further down coast, started raining, lots of traffic and dark, pulled of main road and found place to park at Rosolina Mare, thought it was a derelict shopping centre, but there was a lot of rushing water noise, didn’t feel very safe, don’t like parking in the dark when you cant see what’s around you.

Weather 20°C Overcast & heavy rain at night

Mileage  95

Wednesday29/10/08

We needn’t have worried about being unsafe; when daylight came in we were parked at a lovely out of season beachfront with loud waves. Drove down to Rimini then into Republic of San Marino. This is a lovely country, 64K². Took the cable car up to castle at top 750m above sea level. Fantastic place, well worth visiting. Free camper parking just below cable car station. This is the best spot we have parked in so far. Views right over Rimini and the Adriatic, Enjoyed a bottle of very good San Marino wine, while enjoying the view.

Weather 26°C windy

Mileage  148

Thurs 30/10/08

Left San Mario (We both really enjoyed our stay) Headed South through Cattolice to Pesaro and onto Ancona, We were on the non toll coast road but slow going, decided to go on toll road to make better progress, €9.90 Parked in car park at Marina de Montenero right on beachfront. Lovely countryside all the way down the coast, vineyards, olive groves, canals and the sea. Stopped at roadside stall and bought fresh fruit and veg. Enjoying a bottle of their produce tonight !

Weather 22°C sun & windy

Mileage 224

Friday 31/10/08

Headed further south today. Route: Vasto – Bari – Taranto – Wild camping on the beach at Montegiordano Marina, a small fishing village, enjoyed the run down, very quiet roads, countryside full of oranges, mandarins, grapes & olives all the way down coast road. Taranto is a huge industrial town with massive port and oil refineries, other than that it was all small villages we passed through, weather is great. Another bottle of grape juice with tea tonight all part of our 5 a day!!  We have one night out a week at a good restaurant, usually Friday – no restaurants at this little village! It was like something out of the Bertoli Advert, you could see the locals looking and thinking “There are strangers in town”

Weather 27°C

Mileage 245

Saturday 1/11/08

Route Montegiordano – Sybaris then crossed to west coast Cosenza – Lamezia Terme – Villa S Giovanni – Ferry to Messina Sicily. This was a brilliant run through the mountains, awesome scenery and some scary mountainous roads. Headed south and parked at Camper Park at Giardini Naxos just below Mount Etna {which is smoking in the background!}Took scooter for a look round and had tea at one of the beach restaurants. Got lost in the dark on the scooter on the way back – all one way streets!

Weather 29°C

Mileage 284

Sunday 2/11/08

After turning the van upside down looking for the safe place Gordon put his wallet! Spent the rest of the day at beach and scooting round town. Great. Got lost again in the one way system!

Weather 27°C

Mileage 0     Scooter 6

Monday 3/11/08

Left lovely site at Naxos and drove up Mount Etna, road was never designed for camper van, thank goodness Gordon is a good driver. Mount Etna is lunar like in landscape, ash blowing on the road and smell of smoke all the time. Drove as far as we could 2000m above sea level, the cable car up to the crater was closed due to the wind, very cold up here, ski jacket back on. Found a better road back down and headed further south to free camper spot at fishing village called Brucoli just north of Augusta. Brucoli looked lovely from a distance but Sicily has a major rubbish & litter problem. It looked better in the dark, had a bbq for tea and watched local fishermen out on small boats.

Weather 25°C – Naxos     14°C- Mount Etna – Rain & Wind

Mileage 70

Tuesday 4/11/08

Left, not to be visited again Brucoli. And headed North towards Palermo. Lovely countryside through the mountains and again on the coast road heading east. Wild camping at beachfront Capo d’Orlando. Gordon trying his hand at fishing at the moment. BBQ for tea again tonight, weather glorious, not as humid as down south. Sicily is very poor looking, not what we thought it would be. Buildings are very tatty and every village we go through the bins are overflowing and rubbish is everywhere. Early night tonight as Gordon was up most of last night trying to kill mosquito that was biting him!

Weather 33°C

Mileage 169

Wednesday 5/11/08

Back to Messina and eventually found correct ferry to get back to Italy. Not sorry to be leaving Sicily, other than weather, Naxos & Mount Etna it was a pretty filthy place with crazy drivers. Travelled north and wild camped on the beach just outside Pizzo. BBQ for tea and then spent the next 4 hours in van with our very own firework display. Thunder and frightening lightening storm, the street lights all went out and a fire started on the hill behind us, pretty scary night.

Weather 25°C

Mileage 163

Thursday 6/11/08

Would have spent another day on the beach, but the storm didn’t clear and raining, headed further north. Route Pizzo – Cosenza –Salerno and then made a BIG mistake, came of main road and decided to head for Amalfi coast and somewhere to camp for night. After an hour of driving on the worst roads and drivers ever, headed back inland and eventually parked at deli car park on busy road at Vico Equense. It was only good luck that we got of the coast road without damage to the van.

Weather 18°C Rain

Mileage 257

Friday 7/11/08

Early wake up this morning, traffic started at 5am !Travelled into Pompei and travelled back out fast, roads not suitable for camper,  had one look at Naples from a distance and decided not for us. Got on to Motorway and arrived in Rome 12 noon. Parked at secure camper stop 3 miles from centre. Washed camper, (he had pressure washer & it was badly needing done) then headed on tram to centre, amazing place, walked around the Colosseum and town hall. Had tea in restaurant, tram back to site. The main terminal in town for trains, busses, trams & underground is a scary place. The man at the camper stop warned us to be very careful for pick pockets etc.

Weather 18°C Sunny

Mileage165

Saturday 8/11/08

Tram back to Rome centre and spent the day sightseeing, Inside Colloseum, Vatican etc. walked for miles.

Weather 18°C Torrential rain showers & sunshine

Mileage 0

Sunday 9/11/08

Travelled from Rome to Pisa. quiet road on Sunday, nice scenery. Parked for night at Marina Di Pisa, o lovely spot next to the water, had carry out Pizza for tea.

Weather 20°C showers

Mileage 257

Monday 10/11/08

Drove into Pisa centre and eventually got parked 100m from leaning tower ! really spectacular to see. Headed north and had change of route plan, heading for the Swiss Alps. Parked North of Novara in lay by at the side of Lago Maggiore small village called  Solcio, this is a lovely area of Italy all along the loch side.

Weather 22°C

Mileage 236

Tuesday 11/11/08

Early start. Solcio – Swiss Border – Tasch – Zermatt. Arrived 11am. Parked at Tasch and got train into Zermatt as no cars allowed. The Matterhorn was awesome to see, took the cable cars up to 2939m, fantastic views and freezing cold. Enjoyed a hot coffee at bottom, and wander round Zermatt which is very quaint. This has been my favourite place so far.

Weather -6°C

Mileage 106

Wednesday 12/11/08

Wakened to snow showers and low cloud, couldn’t even see bottom of matterhorn, we were lucky yesterday to have had great weather. Weather didn’t improve all day, so didn’t see Monte Blanc or other mountains as we drove to Argentier then onto Chamonix, parked in car park in Chamonix tonight. Had delicious French onion soup & cheese fondue for lunch today.

Weather 5°C snow, rain, fog

Mileage 98

Thursday 13/11/08

Weather still not cleared, and cable car up the Midi closed for annual maintenance. Headed south, drove through the Mont Blanc Tunnel 12km, pretty cool, (cool price to 44€) and came out other side to glorious sunshine in Italy. Drove through San Remo, Monte Carlo, Monaco, ended up in dark at Nice airport VIP Terminal !!!! (nothing wrong with my navigating) Parked in services outside Cannes. We were both sorry to leave the Alps as the scenery is stunning.

Mileage 300

Weather 0°C

Friday 14/11/08

Drove along lovely coast from Cannes to Ciotat, Had lunch at St Tropez and a walk round the town. Parked in Camp Site with grumpy woman owner!

Mileage 116

Weather 20°C Sunny

Saturday 15/11/08

Continued along coast road, stopped at Chateau outside Marseille, bought some wine and pinched some apples! Gordon must have had too many samples as while watching a low barrier through tunnel in Marseille, he didn’t realise it was not quite wide enough. (Only slight damage to Roller Team) Wild camping right on beach at Sete – Montpellier. BBQ for tea. The South Coast of France is really nice.

Mileage 151

Weather 17°C Sunny

Update Three

Sunday 16/11/08

Travelled further South and parked at Port Barcares overlooking sea, had fresh mussels for lunch at port. En route we went to another small fishing harbour where the boats drove right to the back of a dozen restaurants where everyone was tucking into buckets of fresh oysters. Very very windy night, thought the van was going to blow over, didn’t sleep very well. Would have stayed South Coast France longer if the weather had been a bit better.

Mileage 75

Weather 17°C sunny/ very windy

Monday 17/11/08

Left France and drove to Peniscola Spain. Wild camped by the sea.

Mileage 277

Weather 20°C windy

Tuesday 18/11/08

Drove down coast to Benidorm, parked at side of road in centre. Enjoyed tapenyaki for tea, then  a great night on the town visiting a few cabaret shows. Back to van at 3am!!!!

Mileage 188

Weather 20°C sunny

Wednesday 19/11/08

Long lie!!! Then brilliant full breakfast at Scottish Bar (first time we have had real bacon since our own ran out) weather awful. Walked round the old town. Indian for tea and early night.

Mileage 0

Weather 14°C Torrential rain

Thursday 20/11/08

Weather still not improved. Found laundry and spent morning doing last 4 weeks washing. Heaven clean towels tomorrow! Had another hearty breakfast, then headed further down coast, staying at Los Alcazares, Mar Menor camp site right on beach (we needed water, computer charged etc) chased up Sarah’s money for her car again. Having BBQ for tea. We would have stayed longer in Benidorm had the weather been better, it was nice to hear some Scottish voices, the last time we had a conversation with anyone that spoke English was the Australians we met in Poland. Also Benidorm was in full swing most of the places in S France and Italy were closed for the winter.

Mileage 100     

Weather 14°C Sunshine & Showers

Friday 21/11/08

Walked into Los Alcazares  along wooden walkway through nature reserve about 4.5  miles.Went back to see Raymond about Sarah’s car. Still no money from him, located solicitor to deal with it. Left campsite and found free place to park in Los Alcazares  20yds from beach and Mar Manor, went to local restaurant for  tea.

Mileage 0

Weather 20 °C sunny

Saturday 22/11/08

Spent the day on beach, glorious sunshine all day, went to Indian restaurant where Sarah used to work and had excellent meal, they were all asking after her and missed her working there.

Mileage 0

Weather 25°C sunny

Sunday 23/11/08

Overcast this morning and didn’t look like clearing, intended heading down coast and staying near Almeria, the coast is not very nice at this part. 100 miles of poly tunnels growing tomatos. Kept driving and arrived at house Benejarafe at 6pm. Intend spending the next couple of weeks here, hopefully a few rounds of golf before flying home for xmas.

Mileage 240

Weather 20°C overcast

Spent 3 weeks in south Spain, 1 week at house and 2 weeks travelling and golfing, on coast went as far as Tariffa coast & across to Gibralter before flying home on 14th Dec.

Gordon Flew back to Spain on 4th march and I joined him on 7th. Job interview delayed me going out.

Sat 7th March 2009

Gordon picked me up from airport and we stayed at Duquessa on the coast, nice spot where we parked for a few days before.

Sun 8th March

Travelled up the west coast of  Spain and into Portugal wild camped at harbour Villamoura, Algarve. BBQ for tea, weather lovely.

Mon 9th – Friday 13th March

Travelled a few miles back along coast to wild camping spot right on the beach at Quartiera, stayed here with about 40 other vans. Sunbathed, walked along promenade every day, visited fruit, fish & clothes markets, village had a great butchers so had BBQ’s every night on beach, mainly rib roasts.

Weather 27 °C every day, quite windy at times.

Fri  13th March

Travelled along Algarve coast to Portimao, wild camped near beach at Alvor, watched dozens of sky divers jumping out of planes and landing on beach.

Weather sunny & hot

Sat 14th March

Travelled to beach Boca d Rio and parked for day & night. Tide came in very fast and soaked our towels and beach things, we did wonder why everyone else left the beach at 12.30 !!!

This beach was right in the countryside with only a dozen camper vans at it.

Sun 15th March

Onto Sagres the furthest point west in the Algarve, parked on cliffs overlooking the sea.

Mon 16th March

Travelled inland to Monchique, lovely run up to this quaint mountain village went up to Foia which is the highest point on this coast and you can see all of the Algarve from here. Travelled and stayed at the Santa Clara dam. Met an Englishman who has fought every German and Portuguese policeman he’s met. I made an excuse to go and left Gordon to suffer his fairy stories. that’s being polite !!

Weather sunny but windy

Tue 17th March

Headed back to west coast, and stayed at Sines on the beach, quite windy here, didn,t lie sunbathing for to long and I was glad because when I was having my coffee next morning a snake came out of the grass where I had been lying. Didn’t hang about here after that and no  more sunbathing near long grass!!

Wed 18th March

Travelled a few miles further up the coast and stayed at Santa Cruz

Thurs 19th March

Fri 20th March

Sat 21st March

Stayed Porto

Sun 22nd March

Wild camped near beach in remote spot just past San Sebastian.

Mon 23rd March

A long days drive but lovely countryside to France and up to brilliant Aire at Beulac. One of the nicest we have stayed at, BBQ area, fishing pond, picnic tables, toilets and all free.

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Tue 24th March

Travelled to Limoges and parked at Aire in new village Oradour. Got lovely cakes and quiche for lunch out of bakers, sossissons at the butchers for tea, food in France is pretty good but a lot more expensive than Portugal 

Wed 25th March

Spend the morning visiting the massacred village of  Oradour sur-Glane. 200 SS rounded up and murdered all 643 inhabitants of the village on 10th June 1944. Then looted and burned all the buildings. They have built a wall round the village it is now kept as it was left as a memorial. An interesting and sad place to visit, the burned out houses, shops, garages and church and rusting cars lying about.

Thurs 26th March

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Three Sites To Watch Horse Races Online

Can’t get to the track or the telly for a big race? If you can get to a computer or have a mobile phone with Internet capability, you can still see the race.

Here are three sites to check out.

1.    BigPond Sport: Horse Racing – http://horseracing.bigpondsport.com/
This free site loads quickly and has an easy-to-read menu. It also offers a print version of that day’s race card, including the number cloths of the horse

and what position the horse will actually break out of the gate. The racing odds and a lot of the tabled information is provided by Betfair, who also offer a

betting service. There’s also horse racing news to sneak a peek at while waiting to watch the next race.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to find races that happened pervious to the current card. You have to practically scan the site with a microscope to find a

miniature calendar icon with the tiny words ‘Change Date’ next to it. It can take several minutes for your particular race to download before it will play

but the picture quality is admirable, even if you are watching from this writer’s old PC.

All in all, a good site with everything on offer that committed racing fans will need.

2.    Australian Racing: Live video feeds – http://www.australianracing.com/pages/members/31.php
This is another free service, but this time you have to register with the site in order to get access to the videos which are in the “member’s area”.

Race-goers will be used to these kinds of restricted zones; part of me thinks it is kind of cute of Australian racing; another part of me got a bit annoyed

at having to fill out the form. The registration form is about a standard page long and asks questions about your gambling habits within Australia. Expect to

spend a good five to 10 minutes providing all of this information. At least you are not required to make a bet in order to watch horse races online!

At the top of the screen is a ‘replay’ tab, which you may need because you’ve possibly just missed your race in the time it took to fill out the registration

form. (Have I mentioned that I don’t like the compulsory registration?). When you enter the video part of the site you are taken to a calendar and a

drop-down menu which asks you what track you want to look at. Another browser screen opens which turns on your video software such as Windows Media Player or

whatever your computer has.

It’s a comprehensive site and you certainly feel like you are part of an exclusive club once you get in.

3.    Harness Link – http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Home.cgi
If you are into harness racing rather than flat racing or steeplechases, then your best bet is to go to Harness Link and download their free toolbar. This

helps you find free online harness racing video, whether recorded or live streaming. Unfortunately, they do not offer this service without a toolbar on their

own website. Because of the nature of the Internet, live streaming races come and go at the drop of a hat. The toolbar helps keep up with these changes so

it’s really handy. Want to try and find these sites yourself? Good luck!

About the Author

For all live information on horse racing online for race goers including news, results and horse racing videos visit BigPond Horse Racing today!

Please let me know what to wear for horse race watching. I saw people dress up with posh hat!?

Pls give me a typical costume they wear in UK. Thank you very much in advnace

posh hats at the races are for special days like the derby or royal ascot. just go smart casual, everyone else will be. or if you are going to the owners enclosure, try smart.

“Arizona Biltmore Golf & Country Club (Links) ” Flyover Tour

What two courses are “must” plays in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area?

I will be visiting Phoenix in January ‘07 and would like to play a couple of rounds of golf. I will be staying at either Sheraton Wild Horse Pass or the Westin Kierland. Are there any golf courses that would be considered premiere courses for the Phoenix/Scottsdale area? Thanks

I work at a resort and guests always request information on golf courses around the area and ask what golf course we recommend. The two courses that we recommend are:

1) Troon North
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Scottsdale, AZ
(480) 585-7700 (888) 876-6687

2) Grey Hawk
8620 E. Thompson Peak Pkwy
Scottsdale, AZ
(480) 502-1800

Not sure if this is still true but I heard this course was rated in the top three courses in the phoenix area:

Las Sendas Golf Club/Black
7555 East Eagle Crest Drive
Mesa, AZ
(480) 396-4000

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One-tank Trips Through Americas National Parks

Starting this summer, Motel 6 offers travelers a fun, affordable way to explore some of the most magnificent and family-friendly national parks in America through its new trip-planning Web site, Goin6.com. By planning ahead on Goin6.com, road trippers can design a one-tank trip and save significantly on fuel costs and hotel/motel expenses.

Motel 6 is launching the Motel 6 National Parks Tour – Northern Arizona and Southern Utah Loop – as the newest featured road trip on Goin6.com. The National Parks Tour is specifically designed to assist travelers in discovering the natural beauty of the Western U.S. by visiting Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, and more.

The Goin6.com Web site also helps any nature lover plan a great trip by utilizing the “Eat,” “Sleep,” and “Do” feature tabs, including Motel 6 locations along the way that provide comfortable and affordable accommodations. Soon, the Goin6.com site will feature new and exciting Motel 6 journeys with opportunities for travelers to explore America.

The Motel 6 National Parks Tour features highlights in two of the most beautiful western states in America: Utah and Arizona. Highlights include:

Bryce Canyon, Utah – Known for its brightly colored and uniquely shaped rock formations called Hoodoos and hiking trails nestled among its many viewpoints, offers: hiking up to Bryce Point for a breathtaking view of the sunrise; taking the free Bryce Canyon Shuttle around the park; horse back riding along the canyon terrain; and seeing a show at the annual Neil Simon Festival throughout July and August at Heritage Theater in Cedar City.

Zion, Utah – Utahs first national park, features the famous Virgin River, one of the last free flowing rivers in the Colorado River system, and offers: rock climbing and repelling along Zions tall rock towers; bike riding along the Zion Canyon trails; inaugurating your taste buds with homemade bumbleberry pie at Bumbleberry Restaurant; and checking out the Zion Canyon Art and Flute Festival each year in June.

Grand Canyon, Arizona – One of the most popular destinations in the U.S., spans more than 200 miles long, 18 miles wide, and a mile deep, and offers: smooth water or white water rafting through the canyon; taking a helicopter tour over and through the canyon; experiencing the Grand Canyon IMAX Movie at the National Geographic Visitor Center; and enjoying barbeque and dancing at Gunsmoke Saloon in Paige.

“Travelers can enjoy one-tank-trips by planning ahead on Goin6.com,” said Jeff Palmer, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Motel 6. “With the National Parks Tour, guests will enjoy Americas natural beauty and save on their room when they stay at Motel 6.”

To start planning your own National Parks Tour, visit www.Goin6.com.

About the Author

Started as a free lance writer earlier for Maharashtra Herald Newspaper, then with the Pune-Mid-Day. Have also contributed for articles on websites

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Virusmelt is a Serious Threat to Your PC and Your Wallet

There are many, many reasons why you should get a quality antispyware program for your computer. Virusmelt is just another reason that can be added to the list. If you don’t protect your computer ahead of time, then your computer could end up damaged. What would be worse is if you were to fall for a scam and give your money for a useless product, effectively putting your credit card information into the hands of criminals.

Virusmelt is a rogue antivirus program that has been infecting people’s computers and scamming them out of their hard earned money. It usually infects people’s computers through Trojan horse programs. These dangerous programs are loaded onto computers through malicious websites or through dishonest downloads. The Trojans then download virusmelt and install it without the user’s permission, and more than likely, without their knowledge.

Once virusmelt has found its way onto a computer, it starts to generate pop-up ads and change the user’s Internet browser settings. After this, it starts to give warnings about malicious software infecting the user’s computer. These warnings are scare tactics designed to coax the user into letting virusmelt scan their computer. If the user allows a scan of their system, then a phony, yet convincing, scan will ensure. Of course, the results of the scan will be fake and just another scare tactic.

The user, who may be convinced that their computer is infected, will be pressured into buying the full version of virusmelt in order to have the imaginary threats removed. However, if the user buys the full version, they will be sorely disappointed. Virusmelt does nothing to remove any real threats that may be present on the computer, nor does it keep any malicious software at bay. Instead, it continues its malicious behavior and bogs the computer down. If left to fester on the computer, virusmelt could cause the system to crash.

In order to remove virusmelt from an infected computer, you would need a legitimate antispyware program. Manual removal of virusmelt is quite hard and it takes a long time. Besides, even if you could completely remove it from your computer, the Trojan that downloaded it originally could very easily download it again.

Instead, if your computer has been infected with virusmelt, use a quality antispyware program to remove it for you. A real antispyware program can search through your computer quickly and find all of the malicious content that threatens your system. It can then remove them from your system safely, quickly, and effectively.

If you haven’t been infected yet, you should still get a genuine antispyware program that offers complete protection to prevent infection before it happens. When you are looking for an antispyware program, you should make sure of two things. Make sure that it is legitimate and that it guarantees 100% spyware removal. Without this kind of complete protection, even a legitimate antispyware program isn’t worth having. Don’t settle for partial protection. Get the best for your computer, because it deserves the best.

To scan your pc for free and find out if you have virusmelt click here.

About the Author

Carl runs a site devoted to helping you rid your computer from all sorts of spyware and malware at http://www.spyzooka.com/

Tips on keeping a horse’s mane healthy?

The barrel mare that I’m working with for a friend has horrendous mane. It’s fairly long and VERY thick, but it stays sooo so dry and scraggly. It needs a little trim off the ends pretty bad. I’ve tried washing and conditioning it, putting this Loreal Hair Treatment Cream stuff. It works for a little while and then just dries right back up. We’ve even put Afro Sheen on it! Haha like I said it all works temporarily but is there anything else I can do (that isn’t going to put a dent in my wallet)? It’s particularly bad now that it’s winter time, but I’ve never seen a mane so long and thick that is so dull and wiry.
She’s on a specially formulated 12% feed. She’s fat as a tick and very healthy! She’s got a very heavy winter coat (she came from the mountains so she’s always had a really thick one). I guess I’ll try to find a good supplement to help her out a little bit!

Just like people, healthy hair comes from the inside, not the products you put on it.

Good quality feed, maybe adding some Omega 3 supplement (pretty cheap, $13 a month) http://www.smartpakequine.com/productclass.aspx?productClassid=1263

Hair is dead cells. This awful mane will eventually all fall out, and the new growth from your good food will replace it. There sadly is no quick fix. Horses often overgrow hair when they are malnourished. It is maybe a way the body tries to substitute for not having any fat pads to keep them warm.

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Childrens Bedroom Chairs

Putting a chair in your bedroom is a great way to add a little character to your room and make use of awkward corner spaces. Childrens bedrooms are a little different than adult bedrooms and not just from an obvious stand point of High Musical posters and Disney princess bed covers, but in the general function of the room. A bedroom for an adult is an oasis; it’s calming and soothing, a place where you can relax at the end of hard days work. A childrens bedroom on the other hand is a play area! It’s a place where they can stretch their imaginations, play with their toys, jump off their bed, make dens, and allsorts of fun and games. Now a childrens bedroom chair again is different than adults, and it has many different functions.

A childrens bedroom chair is much more likely to be used than an adult’s bedroom chair. For example kids usually have a play desk in their room where they can colour and draw and generally keep up to date with their heavy work load, and so the chairs for the play desk are used on a daily basis. An adult’s bedroom room chair is probably hardly ever used to sit in and if it is used at all than it is more of a clothes horse to throw clothes on at the end of the day.

Here are some examples of the different types of childrens bedroom chairs available:

Basket Bedroom Chair – this type of chair is a little bit like a miniature version of a grown ups bedroom chair. This is more of a chair to relax in and read, it has rounded arms and back like an armchair, perfect for story time.

Princess Bedroom Chair – this chair is perfect for little girls. It has a round shape for the base of the chair and the back of the chair is in the shape of a flower. This type of chair is perfect for sitting at your desk when doing arts and crafts, colouring and drawing.

Childrens Bean Bag Chairs – these types of chairs are great for kids because there is no chance of them hurting themselves as there sometimes is with hard wooden chairs. Kids can chill out on these bean bags, run and jump on them, play on them and snuggle down in them. Available in a wide range of colours and shapes, you can find the perfect chair for your child’s bedroom.

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Has anyone ever heard of a cat doing this?

I was visiting my mom’s friend this week for a week and she has a lot of cats and horses.Before I came a new cat came and started hanging around her house.She’s been taking care of it because no one responded to her lost cat posters.When I got there I gave it a lot of attention and was petting it and stuff. It’s really smart .So one night I was playing with the horses away from the house.Suddenly I see the cat walking across the fence and meowing at me.He jumps into another horses pasture and is running towards me. Then he climbs up the fence with little square holes so that I can pick him up when he gets to the top. When I finally get him he is shaking because the one horse’s pasture he was in was sniffing him and there are bunch of horses where I am. But then he starts purring and is all happy that I am holding him. He is very loyal and obedient for me.I’m not much of a cat person since they are usually not super loving toward me like a dog.I found this cat strange.Is this normal?

yeahh i think its pretty normal. i think the cat was maybe jelous and wanted attension because it likes you and maybe wants to be around you more.