What a day. A wonderful day. We started out at 6:30 am rising and then breakfast on the motel, Armed with directions from the night clerk, GPS and State highway markers we took off for Cog Railway for a trip up to Pikes Peak. We got to the station without a bit of problems and early enough to get a great FREE parking place and good seats on the train.
The trip up took over an hour to the top but the train moved slow enough so we were able to enjoy the view out the large windows along with the conductor's narrative pointing out places of interest on the way.
What a surprise when we reached the top and stepped out of our nice warm train car. It was cooold and winnnddy we made it to the gift shop/restaurant and bought a couple things. Time up there was limited to about 20 minutes so we headed outside to check out the view and take some pictures, We took our M&M coats and they worked perfect and I took gloves which I used as ear muffs cauce we forgot that. Pictures will have to come later. On the trip down the conductor informed us the temperature at the top was 15 degrees with winds at 80 MPH so, yes it was cold up there. Saw more interesting things on the way down. It was a great trip and I'm so glad my friend Pat M mentioned it when I was talking to her.
The rest of the day was anticlimactic but we did stop at the Cliff Dwellings and Garden of the Gods. Back to the motel and a walk to Village Inn for dinner and pie.
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Now you have to visit the Air Force Academy and see their beautiful church. We saw it in 67 and still remember it well. Glad you enjoyed Pikes Peak. Why didn't you drive up it? LOL
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