Focused on my Family

OKAY – how was it that a stop by Colorado was somehow included in a trip from NY to OR, you ask? 

For over 27 years, Focus on the Family has been producing a radio drama centered on the people of the fictional town of Odyssey.  The main character of the program is John Avery Whitaker, but most folks call him Whit.  Whit is a former agent in a government group similar to the CIA.  He is now the owner of Universal Press and also owns and operates an ice cream shop called Whit’s End.  Over 60 albums, hundreds of books, and dozens of movies have been created about the people in Odyssey.

And we own an awful lot of them.

At the Visitor’s Welcome Center an entire level is dedicated to the folks of Odyssey.  It was a beautiful place of awe and wonder, and I’m so glad we went.

Were there other things we could have done in Colorado Springs, CO, 80995?  Sure.  But for this van of fans Pike’s Peak couldn’t hold a candle to walking into the Imagination Station.

The exhibit opened at 9 A.M.
The three story slide opened at 10 A.M.  Stewart, Nigel, Marie, and Tabitha seriously enjoyed zooming down that slide!

At 11 A.M. Whit’s End Ice Cream Shoppe opened.  I ordered Connie’s favorite – a Raspberry Ripple, and everyone else got Wodfamchocsods.  (World’s Famous Chocolate Sodas).