Some views from the Will Rogers Memorial here in Colorado Springs.  That's me.. and Colorado Springs in the background and the big Rocks are part of the Garden of the Gods.. which is probably around 5 - 8 miles from this location.  I'm up about 8,000 feet and the memorial is a site built by a local businessman back in 1937.   The story goes that he wanted the shrine to himself, but people told him that wasn't in good taste.  So, since he was  a good friend of Will Rogers he dedicated the memorial to him.  Even though the businessman and his wife are buried at the shrine.. actually called the Shrine of the Sun. 

So, I took a quick trip up there this evening (Friday the 13th) and got some good pics of the area.  I placed them out in a different site .. http://photobucket.com/albums/y237/traveler25/    I may use this one for a while. .. see how it works.  I might be able to get pictures directly to the blog this way.  So, this is a bit of an experiment with blog and pictures.  

In any case,, enjoy ... check the url for more pics and let me know what you think.  

Oh,,, by the way... when I leave Colorado Springs next week, I'll go to San Antonio for a couple of weeks prior to going to Germany.  A change of scenery is in order I suppose.  We are about wrapped up here at Ft. Carson and next week there will only be 7 of us onsite.  I guess they were leaving the best for last.  That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Enjoy thepics... and thanks for checking in.

Joe