Robin

Friday morning up early. Went to the area auto parts store got parts for the lights. Back at the campground my husband worked on the lights. I made breakfast my son starting to get things together to pack up. Well failure on the lights still not working. Pack up and get going. We head back to the show for a few more hours. We are back on the road. We make a stop in Las Vegas stop at the Pawn shop Gold and Silver Pawn where the TV show is filmed. We take some photos and look around. Next we head over to Count Kustoms from the TV show. They have a free little tour where you can look at some of the cars. This was a nice break from being in the car. We stop for the night in Elk City Utah at a KOA. This was a nice campground. It was very hot here! We had beautiful weather in Colorado high 70's and lows in mid 60's. We had dinner on the road so it was straight to bed for us.

Next day was about the same. Had breakfast went to the show for a few hours and, went hiking at Red Rock Canyon.

 Had a bit of trouble parking here because there was some kind of hippy fest going on. They have a amphitheater here where they hold concerts. Today was one of those days. It was a band I never heard of. A quick goggle search and I guess they have been around for a while. Well lets just say we got a free show has well as a hike. They have a small museum with memorabilia from area musicians that have become famous. Also bathrooms and a small gift shop. Once again very beautiful! Lots of trails to pick from and different degrees of difficulty. Once away from the crowds it was very peaceful and a nice hike we even saw a deer. It took a while to get out of the parking lot due to the fact that people really where not paying attention or could not pay attention to the fact that a large 12 person van was coming right at them. Good thing my husband is a very patient person. Got back to the campground had dinner and bed time.

The real reason for going out west was a car show. The Buick Nationals were being held near Denver this year. My husband is a big Buick guy. It is his Hobby and his business.

After breakfast we drove about 30 min to the show. We where there for about 3 hours. After that we got to mix business with pleasure. We went to The Garden of the Gods. It was really beautiful! We brought bikes from home and did a little biking around. Well honestly I had to walk up the hills so a little bit of walking. They do have bikes to rent has well has Segway and jeep tours. After biking we did a little bit of walking the trails the have signs up along the way with info on the park. There is a really nice visitor center with a café, bathrooms, a small museum and, a short movie.( We skipped the movie there was a charge.)  All three of us really loved it here! 

When we got back to the camper we had dinner and went to bed we where exhausted but in a good way. 

The pickers store was smaller than on tv. They have the two buildings which are right next to each other. A lot of stuff is not for sale just fun to look at. Other stuff was priced like what they say on tv. Just fun to look around if your a fan of the show.

Thanks I will be getting back to this.

Looks like a great time! Thanks for the report.

This trip was myself, my husband and, my son who turned 18 on this trip.(How can that be?)

 We left Wisconsin on June 19th at about 8:00 am. We stopped at the American Pickers store in Iowa. It was fun to look around. A few hours later my husband noticed a problem with the tail lights on the van and running lights on the popup. Pull over try a few things and nothing? So we continue on we had a reservation in Nebraska at a campground but, ended up canceling it. We stopped for dinner and it was starting to storm. There was no way we where putting up the camper in a storm and with lights not working. We ended up pulling in a rest stop till first light.

 Are next stop was in Strasburg Colorado at a KOA. We spent 3 nights here. The pros very nice staff, clean nice bathrooms, restaurant on premises. The cons very close sites, grounds could use a little TLC , musty smell in game room. We set up had dinner and went right to sleep.

I love this!!

Stayed at Jellystone last year. It is  really nice, they are opening up a new man made beach this summer with things to do in the water. But of course that will cost you extra. Your son is adorable!!

Wow so beautiful!

I'll play I spot 3 differences in the picture besides the sign gone.

Thanks for this report it is 42 and raining here and I love looking at your pictures it all looks so beautiful!

Wow what a nice room!

Yes, other rides have special boats that you can wheel right on.

I agree way to many simulators! I don't blame your daughter for sitting one out! I'm also afraid of rip rocket but the rest of my family loves it!

Did you have the butter beer frozen? We liked it this way. How great for your son to be picked!

Great report!

I'm in Harry potter stuff there is amazing in my opinion. The other rides we can take them or leave them.

Enjoying this report!

Count me in not a big fan.

Thanks for the report I really enjoyed it. You have a beautiful family!

We also are from Wisconsin and drive straight down. Glad you made it safe! Don't worry it looks like the cold is not going away anytime soon. You can still enjoy it when you get back and snow is coming tonight it should also still be here when you get back!

What a nice thing for your daughter I'm sure she loved having all the attention!

Really enjoying your report!

Thanks for the report! I also liked the frozen ride more than I thought.

I'm reading along thanks!