After a very pleasant and restful weekend we bad farewell to Cadet Mark's relatives in Denver and drove south to the city of Colorado Springs. There, we visited a peculiar collection of rocky formations known as "The Garden of the Gods". No safe landing zones here with all the irregular outcrops. I even had to help support one that seemed very unstable!

After that we moved on to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was a very 'artsy' place with lots galleries and jewellery shops. Not exactly Space Ranger training requirements but the rooftop pizzeria was a nice way to watch the sunset before returning to our camp site a few miles out into the desert to ready ourselves for the following days drive to Roswell.