I'm going on a trip across the American West tomorrow with my Mom and a bunch of old people for about a week. Most of it will be by bus, but our journey begins on the Amtrak train to Colorado!

Friday
Depart to Illinois, board Amtrak

Saturday
arrive in Denver, CO
Visit U.S. Olympic Training Complex
Tour USAF Academy
(boys in uniform!!!)
Iron Springs Dinner Theatre

Sunday
Garden of the Gods
Lunch with Native American Dancers
(this sounds so contrived and fake)
ride the cog railway to Pike's Peak
Dinner and Western Show at the Flying W Chuckwagon Ranch

Monday
Royal Gorge Railroad Excursion
(sounds like a horror movie or an emo punk band)
Tour Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Tuesday
Depart for Cheyenne, WY
Tour Cheyenne Frontier Days
Bit-Wyo Ranch Horse Barn (Cow Farmer Pig Hay Mouse) Dinner Show

Wednesday
Depart for Council Bluffs, IA
Enjoy scenic drive through the plains

Thursday
Return to Wisconsin

I'll upload odd pictures along the way, if I can.