If you have time, Manitou Springs is worth visiting. It's a neat little town just a few miles to the west of Colorado Springs. Also, the COG Train to the top of Pikes Peak is definitely worth doing.
Still waiting...... My son has everything done, nomination and a LOA. Why is it taking so long?! I'm definitely more impatient than he is! He's not worried at all but the longer it takes I start worrying and going through all the "what if scenarios"
When my son went to SLE I called the Marriot at the EWR airport and spoke to the manager about booking a room for someone underage. I explained the situation and I was able to book a room and pre-pay on my credit card and put my credit card on file for incidentals. There is a shuttle that runs...
My son did this as well coming from the northwest area. I called the manager at the Marriott hotel by the airport and he was great to work with. I paid for the room ahead of time and added my credit card for incidentals (also got my son set up as an authorized user on my card and got him a card...
My son has 2 nominations from our congressmen and 1 from our senator and he has a LOE and LOA and all green check marks in his portal (medical, CFA, everything done) and we still have not heard anything from WP yet. My son is pretty chill about it but I am all nerves!!! The anticipation is...