Chris
Broadmoor Story
city,” even though you could see it form a cab. My brother, dad, and I went to the pool at hotel, even though it was late. My mom and sister went to bed. When I finally got to bed I was really excited for the next day.
The next day, I got up and was very excited. We were going to Colorado Springs. After breakfast we packed the car we were renting and drove. We drove for about an hour before we stopped. We went to visit the United States Air Force Academy. And let me tell you I thought we were going to a maximum-security prison. Driving into the place there were long polls stretched out with security cameras everywhere. The place look amazing it was nestled between some mountains and the trees in these mountains went for DAYS. The academy was crowded with “civilians” as there was a soccer tournament being held there. We visited the Academy’s visitor’s center, which talked about how the Academy was founded, how many students they had, etc. we then walked a little ways to the academy chapel. It was very nice. The roof and sides were meant to look like the wings of airplanes. The inside was cool, although it was rather dark. We then walked a little longer, but could not go in any more buildings. “Only Cadets and staff are allowed beyond this point” this is what sign on the fences that were around all the buildings. And to get passed the fences you needed to scan a card in a machine that would unlock the gate for you. So yes the place was a prison.
We journeyed, on into Colorado; we finally arrived at the Broadmoor. The hotel was large and was made up of several buildings and properties. The first building included a bulk of the hotel rooms and restaurants. The hotel had 5 or 6 restaurants; they also had 4 golf courses and many tennis courts. The also had 2 pools, one indoor and one outdoor, a spa. When my dad checked us in the bellman led us to out room. The room that my brother and I were sharing was pretty big and was designed like it was the early 1900’s. The bathroom was the size of my room at home. After we unpacked we went to the pool. It was about 4 o clocks so there were not many people at the pool. There was an endless pool with two hot tubes. There was also a kid’s pool (warm as always) and a pool with TWO water slides. One slide was short and fast, and the other was long and slow. I liked both of them.
I was excited, the next day when we got up. My Dad, brother Nic, and I were going to play golf. We got up and had breakfast; we then went over to the golf shop. The shop was quite large. Outside the shop was a putting and chipping area, so there were many people and carts were around this area. Because we feared something happening to them we had not brought our golf clubs out with us. So when we got some rentals from the hotel we went out and practiced. The air felt very nice because there was no humidity. The course was very nice, and was very flat which made it good for walking. But it was very crowded and slow moving, so we only played nine hole, but it was ok, we would get 18 later in the week.