Road Trip 2016 - Cheyenne Mountain Resort

We arrived at Cheyenne Mountain Resort just before sun down. We had the chance to walk the grounds and get some photographs. Above is our hotel room 294.

 The stunning view of the gardens and the mountains at Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

The golf course looked fantastic, if I were a golfer this would have been a wonderful place to stay!

Cheyenne Mountain Resort not only has a golf course, and wildlife but a lake too!

 We walked up on more bunnies than I have ever seen in one place in all my life! For me, next to the massage at the spa seeing these fuzzy babies was the best part of the resort!

 Below you will see the dome for the indoor pool area, the tennis courts, and the spa and fitness building in the background.

 How can I resist one more shot of that mountain range backdrop behind the golf course?

The view of golf course with the mountain range behind is beautiful!

It always makes me smile when I stay somewhere with a little wildlife to see.

Below is the lounge for the golf area of the resort. They serve food and drinks as well as set most people up with their golf attire.

The beautiful flowers and birds chirping all around. 

Off the balcony of our room with my lens zoomed passed all the foliage you could get a glimpse of the snow capped mountains. Breathtaking.

Road Trip 2016

This is how the road trip started. Traveling down I-40 out of Oklahoma into Texas cannot see 3 car links ahead of you. Talk about intense!

About the time I received a text from my kiddos in the car behind us, asking how long this fog will be here. It cleared off just as I received her text. Talk about power of suggestion.

Amarillo, TX

Vega, TX

Jinxy enjoys a nap through Texas

Clayton, NM

My husband recently traded in for a 2009 Corvette and he wanted to take it on a longer road trip than within our state of Oklahoma. So we made our plans to go to the Rocky Mountains for a few days.

It turned out the days he wanted to head out were during our daughters birthday. Funny how fast plans change, our road/birthday trip is under way let the plans begin.

Our daughter picked the hotel and I arranged an itinerary for things to do in the area around the hotel of her choice as well as the route we will drive to our destination.

I chose driving by the Capulin Volcano, coming through the east side of Raton, New Mexico. The mesa's are mesmerizing to me, and I love seeing the ancient volcanoes with the lava rock scattered all around the area.

Raton pass was a little white knuckling of a drive. Our daughter, and our son; oh did I forget to mention how the road trip turned birthday trip turned into a family vacation? I thought while we were out of town I would have my son be the pet sitter, and that turned into him asking for those days off and joining us. As I said, funny how fast plans change!

My son and daughter were having issues with her little Pontiac G6 coming down those steep hills. All I could think of was that this is nothing compared to what we face in the Rockies.. Yikes!

The plan was to pull over and get a photo opp in front of the state line sign.. yea that didn't work out when the sign just popped up around the corner while we were going nearly 80 mph! It may have been slower but it felt like we were definitely taking the curves a little too fast for my taste. I mean seriously we are not on the Indy 500 Track for goodness sakes.

I managed to get some photos of the beauty while driving of the snow capped mountains, the Raton, NM sign as well as the state line. You have to be quick on the clicker that is for certain!