Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

After our exciting Sunday, we went back to the hotel and crashed hard. Monday morning we had planned to go to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, but were awake hours before the zoo opened, so we decided to use that time to sample all of the mineral springs in Manitou Springs.

Some of the water was okay, and some of it was nasty, but we drank from all eight springs, and read about the healing properties of the minerals in each one.

Then we were off to the zoo.

First, we fed the giraffes:

Then the budgies:

There was an elephant to feed:

And a rhinoceros:

We got to take a selfie with a wallaby:

And I petted the goats, but Briony is afraid of them, so she didn't come in with me:

After the Zoo, we had dinner at a fabulous restaurant called Coquette's Bistro in Colorado Springs. It is 100% gluten free, but do not let that turn you off, because it was amazing, from the appetizer to the dessert.