Blogs from Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, North America - page 6

4/21/2012 - This morning, started the day off with a ride on the Pike's Peak Cog Train to the top of Pike's Peak. It was worth the $35.00 per person just to be able to enjoy the view while not driving and the wear and tear on the brakes coming back down. At the top there is a gift shop and also a small cafeteria where you can get Pike's Peak Donuts - think about it - - - - - - - yeast does not rise at over 14,000 feet. The donuts were different, but pretty good. It was very cold at the summit - 25 degrees with a wind. The snow is beginning to melt at the summit. Later we rode to the Air Force Academy and visited the Chapel, probably the best recognized ... read more

4/19/2012 - Left Montrose, CO headed to Colorado Springs, CO. Got some good pics of Lake Fork. At the top of the devil's ride today we reached 11,312 ft in altitude. This was on the way from Montrose to Salida on HWY 50. Got to Goldfield RV Park in Colorado Springs, sat around outside discussing the days ride until time to start supper. Aleta cooked fried porkchops, beans, corn on the cob, and biscuits - - we do eat good on the road!! Jack made mashed potatoes. Afterwards we sat around at our RV and watched TV.... read more

Greetings to you and welcome to my Colarado Road Trip. Aaron and I woke up Saturday morning and said to each other "Let's go". So we did 'cos we can. To get to anywhere and see the landscape look slightly different takes about 3 hours driving @ 70mph (120kmh). We essentially drove straight to Colorado Springs where we found the "Garden of the Gods", an impressive array of rocks. In the mid afternoon the colours were amazing set against the backdrop of a bright blue sky. In the shadows it was freezing but in the sunlight I could unwrap the layers. We stayed in a motel in a village outside the city so we wouldn't be tempted by the sin and debauchery that goes on after dark in big cities. Manitou Springs was cool and we ... read more

October 29 Saturday Getting cooler here high of 62 today and tomorrow 55. I is supposed to snow again on Wednesday but I am leaving on Tuesday. Just took it easy today and drank my tea and thought things over. October 30 Sunday Today I Went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. It is built on the side of the mountain with lots of uphill walking to view the exhibits. After walking about ¾ of the way up and thinking that they should have a shuttle which would bring you to the top so you could walk down viewing they exhibits I found out they DID have a free shuttle which did that very thing…… !! So I finished viewing the exhibits and then took the free shuttle DOWN. Oh well……guess I got my exercise for today. ... read more

Oct 22 Saturday The High Drive Today I got on 26th street next to the Hotel and took it Southwest till it became Gold Camp Road and then climbed up and up to follow the Gold Camp road where it goes around a very scenic route and through 2 tunnels on a very narrow road. It was paved then turned to gravel and got so rough I started to say heck with it and turn around but it smoothed out a bit and became much more narrow. So much so that you had to watch where you met cars coming down as you had to meet at a spot where you could go by each other. To add to the mix there were bicycle riders who weren’t particularly worried about cars from either direction. It was ... read more