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Truly a Mountain Peak experience  
   

Truly a Mountain Peak experience

You can tell the oxygen level is sparse and you feel rather light headed when you get here. We made it and had lunch in the lodge on top. That replenished the energy supply. Just after this picture we were snowed on and our bare arms were white by the time we got back to the car.
Pike's Peak Colorado

June 16th 2018
We finally made it to Colorado and the mountains of fun begins. No sense in starting small so we began with the drive up Pike's Peak. It is not for the faint of heart and the air starts to get a little thin at 14,410 above sea level. Especially when we are from Jacksonville, FL where 40 feet above sea level is considered really getting up there and some get nose bleeds whenever they go across the ... read more
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