The "kissing camels" is one of the more recognized rock formations at Garden of the Gods. It is also the name of an exclusive gated golf course neighborhood on the top of the Mesa, one of the few you can spend a million dollars in. There are lots of rock formations that look like "something" in the park, and people have all kinds of names for them. I'll never pass the Rorschach tests these present, some named formations are literally color patterns in the rocks that from a certain perspective look like something to somebody.
We found out yesterday that we did NOT get the short sale / foreclosure home we had waited 45 days for. This is par for the course. When banks are involved they tend to make up their own rules, sense of right and wrong and fairness are not in their vocabulary, and heaven forbid they would ever tell you what is really going on. The normal offer protocol (when institutions are NOT involved) is that you submit a written offer with a reasonable deadline (usually 1-3 business days) for acceptance. Within that reasonable deadline, the seller either accepts, counters, or rejects your offer. Thankfully, foreclosures are becoming a smaller percentage of the business again, and while they will be with us for a while, I'm hoping they eventually fade as an old memory.
The Parade of Homes winds down this weekend, along with the Olympics. The most popular homes tend to be the most expensive ones, and I am often asked how many million dollar plus homes actually sell in Colorado Springs. The answer so far this year is 23. Over 1/3 of those were in the southwest area (Broadmoor), but almost an equal number were in the Trilakes / Black Forest areas (neighborhoods such as Cathedral Pines and High Forest Ranch), a change that has take place over the last several years as the northern areas of town have grown in popularity. In the middle of town, University Park has seen more of these, and on the west side, Cedar Heights and Kissing Camels. Afraid they all got away? Don't worry, we have 275 others in that price range :-)