Connecting with your Angels

One of the Manitou "springs"

A highlight of my early childhood was the annual trip to the penny arcade in Manitou Springs. It was usually a day outing, complete with picnic lunch or dinner to eat in Ruxton Park and empty jugs to fill with mineral water from the springs to take back home and make lemonade.

Well, both the springs and the arcade are still there, relatively untouched by the development insanity that is taking place a few short miles east in Colorado Springs. Many of the original arcade machines are still functioning and the atmosphere is just as funky as ever, right down to the biker bar that still shares the front-and-center streetside spot with Patsy's Original Popcorn and Salt Water Taffy.

As so often happens, however, it was the signs that caught my eye.

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looks good so far...



yes, that's me in the reflection...













please note: the angel is NOT wearing shoes...