Colorado Springs is rich in natural beauty. Unfortunately we caught Pike’s Peak on a bad day :(
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- Garden of the Gods mountain range. Two square miles of red rock beauty.
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- The Swiss engineered cog wheel train whisks you from 6,751 to 14,110 ft. in just 45 minutes.
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- Young bucks charging at our train!
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- The train conductor assured us that this waterfall was “higher than Niagra falls”. Minnehaha Falls is actually WAY smaller, but “higher”.
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- Our first clue that the view at the top might not be what we expected.
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- So – we should see Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado from here? Maybe not today, where fog as thick as pea soup enveloped us.
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- Our conductor, whose sole job was to monitor the brakes. Whoa, there.
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- Did you know that America the Beautiful was inspired by Pike’s Peak?
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- Kissing Camels mountain range
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- Our friends Elizabeth and Jim Spittler hosted us for golf at their club in CO Springs.
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- Kissing camels golf course, inspired by the mountain range.
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- Had to be careful not to hit this shaggy mane mushroom in the sand trap!
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