Hockey is BIG in our house. Larry is a huge hockey fan, and he still plays too. We go to a lot of Avalanche games. We proudly support the burgundy and blue rainbow. Normally we go to the games at the Pepsi Center, home of the Av’s, but this time, the Av’s were playing an outside game at the Air Force Academy, down in Colorado Springs. We had never been there before. It was a beautiful stadium. It was also nice to support our Air Force and to see all the love they got and so deserve.
Colorado Springs is about 1 1/2 hours south of us. It is usually a nice pleasant drive. There is a lot of construction on the freeway at the moment, so the drive down took us a little longer than it normally would, but that’s OK. We didn’t mind. It was still a pleasant drive. We stopped for lunch at Red Robin first, then picked up our friends Brian and Peter so we all could carpool together.
The drive down to the Springs.
The Air Force Academy. It was such a beautiful sight and a gorgeous location.
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Before the game started, there were some fun fan appreciation things to see. You can’t see all our signatures on our jerseys, but we each have about 50. We are loyal Av’s fans. The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile and the Planter’s Peanutmobile were both on hand so we had to pose with them.
Peter photo bombing us.
And the real stars of the game, our Fly Boys, our American heroes.
After all the fan appreciation activities, it was time to head down to the rink.
As you can see, we were all bundled up. It was pretty darn cold, and only got colder as the night fell. We all had heavy jackets, gloves, hats, AND blankets and we were still cold. My feet were blocks of ice..
Let the game begin. The good guys – The Colorado Avalanche
The bad guys – The L.A. Kings. It was a good game, but the bad guys won, 3-1.
This was SOOOOOOOO cool!! A skydiver landing in the stadium carrying the flag all the way. Sorry for the poor quality. He was jumping out of a plane and was probably about 1000 feet up at this point. God bless the USA! May this flag forever wave.
Another adventure after the game was finding our car. We searched the parking lot for about 20-30 minutes before finally finding our car. Once we found it, we sat motionless for at least another 30 minutes before being able to inch our way out of the parking lot. We left the house about 12:30 PM and did not get home until about midnight. It was a long, but fun day, even if our boys in burgundy and blue lost.
A Jeanne in the Kitchen 
What a fun trip. Got to see and experience a lot.
It was an outdoor arena? Kudos to you for doing this in such cold.
The pulling out of a parking lot after such events is the worst of it.
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We did have a good time. There was a lot to see. This parking lot exit is by far the worst I’ve ever seen. 🙂
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We did have a good time. There was a lot to see. This parking lot exit is by far the worst I’ve ever seen. 🙂
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UPDATE on the parking situation. I just heard someone died by falling over the bridge right outside the parking lot, which is why no one was moving at all. it’s weird too, because as we were driving over the bridge, I thought someone must have died because so many people were looking over the bridge and were on their phones. I didn’t know that at the time. I just found that out. Kind of eerie.
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Yikes. I got shivers.
When I was visiting Sydney, I wanted to get onto the top/observation deck of the tallest building. Unfortunately, that was not allowed. We were turned away from the counter. Later that day, I tried to research online and found out that a woman had jumped the day before. It just felt so weird.
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It is weird. You and I both must be empaths. Not everyone can feel these things, but we sure did. It does giver you the shivers.
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I believe it.
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I do too.
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Jeanne thanks for sharing, your trip was lots of fun. Your words and photographs brought the day vividly alive. I’ve never experienced a hockey game and was young when I visited Colorado with cousins. 😊
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Thank you. Hockey is BIG in our house. Any time you are in Colorado, you know you are always welcome. 🙂
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Awww….thank you! I will definitely take you up on that when in the area. 🤗💜
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I would love to have you, and you know I will be cooking something good for you too. 🙂
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Thank you, I would love that. There is no doubt, the food will be wonderfully delicious. 😊
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Wow! I look forward to seeing such an event, next time.
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It was very cool, both literally and figuratively.
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