Cripple Creek

Royal Gorge Bridge, Cripple Creek & Phantom Canyon

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September 30th 2009
It seems that the weather is favouring us and the storm that was to drop snow and rain, stayed further to the north. Our route today took us first to Royal Gorge. The Royal Gorge (also known as the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas river) is a canyon on the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado. With a width of 50 feet at its base and a few hundred feet at its top, and a depth of 1,250 feet in pla ... read more

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