If you’re moving to Colorado Springs soon, you may find that you’re left without your household goods for a few days and sometimes longer. The JPPSO (the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office) here in Colorado Springs only gives you a couple of hours to respond to them when your household goods get to the area or it gets put into temporary storage. With our recent move, our goods were put immediately in storage without a phone call until the next day (reason’s unknown). Luckily for us, getting them out and delivered was easy and fast, but for some that is not the case, especially during the summer months. You may have no where for them to be delivered to. Maybe you were waiting until you got here to rent a house/apartment, you haven’t closed on your new house yet, or you just put your name on the military housing list. Don’t fret; there are places and people to help you. For those Colorado Springs military families needing temporary lodging there for:

 Fort Carson

• Colorado Inn in Bldg. 7301 on Woodfill Road.  It is first come, first serve and reservations can be made up to 60 days in advance. There are 150 family and single efficiency rooms. Room rates run from $44 to $64 per night depending on the size and amenities. There are limited pet rooms, so you may need to board your little family member elsewhere.   Colorado Inn at 719-526-4832.

• The Loan Closet can help loan you some items while you are waiting for your household goods. They have kitchen accessories such as pots, pans, dishes, silverware and glasses, cots, folding tables/chairs, car seats, high chairs, electric skillets, vacuums and televisions.

 
Peterson AFB (also NORAD and USNORTHCOM assignments)

•  Pikes Peak Lodge is located in Bldg 1042 at 125 E. Stewart Ave.  They have 153 visiting quarters as well as 67 temporary lodging facilities (TLF) for permanent change of station status. TLF rates are just over $30 a day. All rooms included DSL high-speed internet. All rooms are pet and smoke-free.

• The Family Support Center’s Relocation and Family Service program houses Peterson’s loan locker and can be used to borrow a few items until your good arrive.

  
United States Air Force Academy

• USAFA Rampart Lodge is located in Bldg 3130 off of Academy Drive, east of the Officer’s Club. The Lodge has TLF (Temporary Lodging Facilities) quarters as well as VOQ (Visiting Officer’s Quarters). According to their website, rates run from $35 and up for TLF. Free high speed internet is available in every room. No pets are allowed; boarding is required.

 Kristen Senn