<p>OK guys, I guess you do have to be really obsessive to get into the Academy, but, hey, there were rooms available in the Springs right up to Parent’s Weekend. They were just a lot farther away than the ones on North Academy Drive. There were even rooms available in Manitou Springs on that weekend, and they have their own festivities going on. Of course, a prudent person will book ahead, and the more they want a particular location or facility the farther ahead they will make reservations. But if you don’t get the hotel you prefer, your life isn’t really over!</p>