Hi Everyone,
We took our time to get to Colorado, we spent 3 days driving through Oklahoma & Kansas.
We got stuck in a traffic jam pretty much straight off in Texas.
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| It only lasted about 15 mins! |
We had a bit of scenery after we crossed into Oklahoma - but that soon changed!
It was just wide open spaces & not much to see over the next 2 days in Kansas
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| Windfarm |
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| Buffalo Farm |
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| Wide Open Spaces |
But that all changed when we got close to Colorado Springs:
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| I love the Rockies - really love it when we get back to Colorado |
We were too early to check into our Motel so we went looking for a park to have lunch, we pulled up in a suburban street to check our map & look what walked across the road in front of us:
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| Then when we had a closer look - there was a whole family of Deer on someones front lawn! - How Cool! |
We had Dinner that night at an American Institution!
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| When in Rome! -Yes it was Dave's choice! |
Day 2 in Colorado Springs - Another first for Dave & Shell, we went horse riding for 2 hours through the Garden Of The Gods;
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| Getting Fitted in the stirrups! |
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| Pretty steep in places! |
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| On the trail |
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| This was a lot of fun! |
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| Dave loved it too! |
Day 3 in Colorado Springs, we went on the Pikes Peak Railway from Manitou Springs to Pikes Peak.
It is the Worlds longest & Highest Cog Railway.
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| The Cog System |
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| the Train |
The scenery on the way up was beautiful:
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| Rock formations |
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| timberline - where trees stop growing! |
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| Lakes |
When we reached the summit the temperature had dropped dramatically with the wind chill factor it was down to 34 f which is 1.1 degrees Celsius - we were freezing our butts off!
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| 14,110Ft! |
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| Bloody Cold!!!!!!!! |
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| Pikes Peak Summit |
Another great day. Tomorrow is our last day in Colorado Springs & we are going to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - should be good!
Well we had our visit to the Zoo, so you get to see some photo's of live animals in this post :)
The first Animal you see is the Giraffe, & for $2 you can actually feed them!
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| They love the Lettuce Leaves! |
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| Overlooking the Giraffe & Zebra enclosure |
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| Meercat |
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| Mountain Lion |
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| Gorilla |
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| Cheeky Grizzly! |
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| Moose |
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| American Bald Eagle |
The Zoo is set on the side of a mountain & the view is magnificent.
It has a chair lift ride & lookouts:
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| what a View! |
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| OK it's not real :) |
We had wonderful 3 full days in Colorado Springs.
Now we are back in Denver with Jo & the kids for our last week left in the good old USA!
Our 3 months have just flown by again & we have had an absolute ball.
So until next post bye for now & happy travels to all,
Dave & Shell
Hi Dave and Shell, I am a regular reader of your blog and many other travel blogs including several from the the Good Ole US of A. What a surprise to see your post on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway! Just yesterday morning I read another US blog about exactly the same destination which occurred about the same time as yours.
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence! Keep up the good reports and photos.
Cheers
Thanks Frankie, that is a huge coincidence isn't it!
ReplyDeleteI hope they enjoyed it as well :)
Thanks for following our blog - we are actually at LAX at the moment awaiting our flight home.
Cheers,
Dave & Shell