Today, we headed south to Manitou Springs to take the cog railway to Pikes Peak. At the peak, we were at 14,115 feet! Absolutely gorgeous, but hard to catch your breath. AND, it was 28 degrees! I was lucky that my gloves were in my jacket pocket. Wayne sure wished he had remembered to bring his. It was also treacherous walking because the snow had hardened to ice in some spots. We were told to drink lots of water to combat altitude sickness, but it still affected us. After we came back down the mountain, we headed to Garden of the Gods. The drive through is 6 miles but you can park and walk some paved trails. The lady at the welcome center pointed out an area we should walk and indicated that it wasn't a long walk. Hah! Heading back to the car was uphill!
There was lots of fall color on the Aspen trees.
We saw four lakes on the ride up and lots of beautiful scenery!
Besides the low temp and icy walking, the wind was pretty swift.
This is the train we rode and a good showing of the snow and the scenery.
I had a hard time picking just a few of the pictures we took in the garden.
Most of these rocks have names, but I sure couldn't tell you which is which.
I just think they are all awesome!
This one is called Balanced Rock.
You are getting great pictures. Garden of Gods sandstones are transparent in the sun light. Now why did you not take a picture under "balanced rock"? You afraid it may roll over?... now go get in the photos. Go Tigers!
ReplyDeleteBTW, did you eat any "buffalo" while in manitou springs? You can answer these later, but how did your sleep go that night?
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