...the rest of the story

Hey guys... rach here. Figured I would pick up where Jo left off on our trip to Colorado Springs. So...as she said... when we arrived at our Bed and Breakfast the owner greeted us with open arms. The place was gorgeous and perfect. Very quaint and well kept. After setting down our things and freshening up we left to go Horse-back riding. Long story short... 2 hours on a horse is way too long. Fifteen minutes to a half hour is about sufficient. Plus after that amount of time, aside from the fact that you feel awful for riding the poor thing, your butt is throbbing, all they do is fart and poop, and the guides yell at you to keep them from eating. It was an experience to say the least. I kept wanting to go faster but there we were trotting along at the end of a line of 10 or so horses. We were unable to hear the guide in the front so we learned nothing haha. She was however named Ryan and from Texas and a close second to the beauty in the Diner haha. Oh... and my horses name was BITTER and Joanna's was BONITA. Not sure which is funnier or whose suits who better but we found both pretty comical. It seemed as though most people were matched up pretty well with their horses... in personality and size. We were far from miserable and laughed at the whole experience sore butts and all. It was cool going up on the trails and rocks. Just, as I said, a little too lengthy. But I have to give Joanna credit for booking the long one thinking that she really really wanted to make me happy =) So... back to the B&B we go to shower and google places to eat Dinner. After 45 minutes we discover a resort called the Broadmoor. Really fancy and expensive... perfect for Jo and I haha. We found a place located in the resort called Summit. Joanna obviously loved the name and she wanted oysters haha. We pulled in and laughed our sore butts off. The parking lot had about 10 cars in it. Everything from a lexus to an audi to a benz to a lincoln. And there we were, pulling up in our 2002 Honda, dirty as ever with a big bike rack on the back. It was amazing. Who says you need a million bucks or a fancy car to eat a nice restaurant? Not us =) We walked in and the host promptly asked the name on the reservation. She then asked the hostess to please seat "The Cappola's"!!!! We liked the way that sounded. Our server immediately said "Good evening ladies", and was amazing. Joanna's cranberry mojitos were awesome, the beer and wine that I had hit the spot (including our awesome server bringing us a bunch of tastings), the oysters were good, the lobster mac and cheese seemed promising but was just whatever, the blue shell crabs were boring, the Halibut was bland and the Scallops were good only because of the Scallops themselves. But we are starting to get used to being disappointed with food. We're not in New York anymore. However that will NOT stop our search! I'm determined to get a good meal. Hopefully for Jo's birthday... which is SATURDAY the 12th for all of those who may not know =) So, dessert was the best part, which he gave us for free along with some dessert wine. Again, amazing server. We gave him a huge tip and headed back comfortably full despite some mediocre food. The next morning we woke up to the smell of homemade waffles, eggs, bacon and coffee. We sat with two other couples, one of which just got married the night before!! We were very jealous of them. But along with everyone else that we met in Colorado Springs, these two couples were extremely nice. We enjoyed an incredible breakfast, chatting about our lives and our adventure. All of them thought that what we were doing was really cool. So after breakfast we hit the road back to Denver. It was an awesome trip and one we will probably never forget.