My dad outside of the Big Texan. It was a neat place to eat, the food was okay but not great.
This guy got great joy of embarrassing me by singing to me! No that is not red from heat but from pure embarrassment :)
This was the start of Day 2, Monday! A quick stop at the Cadillac Ranch and then off to Colorado.
After getting settled into the hotel we headed to Garden of the Gods it was beautiful!
The following pictures are from Garden of the God's the first is Kissing Camels.
Day 3, Tuesday we went to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings, this is a place where Indians have dug out their homes in the Mountains. No they do not live their still, but you can go back in them and walk around it was really neat.
This is me standing in one of their very small "hallways".
After the dwellings we took the Cog Railway up Pikes Peak. It was very neat. This is from the top of Pikes Peak. It was beautiful!
My mom and I at the top. See we really did make it. Mom did not adjust to the altitude very well. So she was not feeling well at this point, but was a trooper :)
While at the top for a total of approximately 20 minutes and storm rolls in. It is rather strange being beside lightening not below it.
It is hard to see, but the white spots in this picture appear to possible be snow, but NO there was a hail storm while we were at the top of the mountain.
Day 4, Wednesday, we spent some time in Denver, Colorado walking the Mall, which is a really neat place, we visited Hammond's Candy and saw how it was made, and then headed back to Colorado Springs. That night we visited Flying W Ranch where we ate chuck wagon food and had great entertainment.
Day 5, Thursday, we leave Colorado, but before leaving we went to the Royal Gorge. NO I did not walk across this suspension bridge. I though I could, but I chickened out about a third of the way across :) However I did ride the Incline Railway down into in and then back up and was very fine with that, but that bridge moved a little much for my comfort. Did you know that only 1 out of 5 boards are attached (that means 80% are not screwed down). That is part of the reason it can with stand so much wind force.
Day 6, on our way back home. On our way we detoured to the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas. It is known as the Grand Canyon of Texas. You can actually drive down into it, even camp if you would like. It was really neat and BIG!
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