Glen Eyrie

What ‘s in a name? If you know Scottish (or Gaelic), you’d know: a glen is a narrow valley and an eyrie is an eagle’s nest. So, now you know as well whence the name... The eagles’ nest which named this place is still here, halfway up a cliff; it has been there over a hundred years. The golden eagle family has moved out, but I’m told that another bird family uses the homestead. We live and work here as well.
The days have been sunny and warm, although the evenings remind us of fall. It cools down and the trees are turning as well. We really enjoy working with the other regular staff and volunteers. Many of the regular workers are young, like mid twenties. This almost did Corrie in, because she tried to keep up with them; their energy is infectious, but our stamina is more like “sixty something.”



On Sunday, because of a very small crowd, we had plate service, a nice change. For a special treat we drove to the “Royal Gorge.” It is about an hour away from here. We have taken many visitors to this spot, ever since my Dad and I found it in 1987. We had never been there, just the two of us; but this time we were, just the two of us there.





























On the day of our anniversary we went out for dinner, not because the food here was not good, but because it was special, of course! We ate at a local rustic place, “the Stage Coach Inn” in Manitou Springs. Corrie had sirloin, I had salmon. We took about two hours to do the dinner.

On Saturday we went for a hike right from our cottage. Our cottage is at 6540 feet elevation, and Echo Rock, behind us tops at about 7000 feet. The hike was about a mile and a half and took us three hours. It was rated “difficult” and we stopped frequently for pictures and something to drink. It is easy to get dehydrated at elevation in the sun, even in the fall. The scenery was breathtaking. We saw big horn sheep on the mountain side, we were heckled by “Jays”, we took pictures of flowers and the surroundings. Throughout it all, we are constantly reminded of our Creator and the beautiful creation.

Big Horn sheep

What a view!


Our home, away from home, neat he?