Westward Ho

The next adventure was actually planned last winter when Mili and I thought we would be spending the Summer and Fall of 2011 at home, off the boat. We have to keep reminding ourselves that cruisers live in a state of flux...much like the tide, always coming and going. So, Mili and I planned a trip to Wyoming to spend a few days with long-time friends, Jonathan and Wandajean Jones. We met 30 years ago when Ted and Jonathan taught at a school in Augusta, GA. As they left the school, they each headed in different directions. Ted went on to graduate school and later the fire service, Jonathan founded S.O.A.R., a non-profit organization focused on helping students with ADHD experience academic and life success. The Jones' spend their summers at Eagle View Ranch, their Wyoming base. This camp is fashioned around the "Wild West" and horses.

We flew to Denver and drove south, the opposite direction, to visit the U.S. Air Force Academy and "Garden of the Gods" in Colorado Springs.

Our tour guide describing the Cathedral at the Academy.


The cross, at the front of the sanctuary, is formed like an airplane wing.


The pipe organ, located at the rear of the sanctuary, has over 4,300 pipes.


Garden of the Gods has many unusual red rock formations.


Pikes Peak is seen in the distance.


The view from S.O.A.R.'s front porch.


Ready for a ride through the Shoshone National Forest.


Our personal trail guides, JJ and WJ.



Cooling down the horses after a ride.


Followed by a jam at the local creek side park with the two camp wranglers, Natalie and Anna.


Jonathan said that a trip to Wyoming would not be complete without visiting the Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier National Park. So off we go.