Saturday, June 23, 2012

From the Garden of the Gods to Pikes Peak

Today was a truly amazing day in Colorado Springs.  Not only was the weather perfect we got to spend the day wandering through two of the most magnificent parks in the United States.

Below are some pictures taken during a short hike we took at one of the over looks at Garden of the Gods.

 
This rock formation is called the "kissing camels".  Can you see them? 





Serious Group shot........

And the real group shot, the one that really shwos their character !

After we left The garden of the Gods we made the long trek up the step grade to Pikes Peak.  The Peak stands at 14, 110 feet above sea level, air is thin at the top!  The view was amazing on the trip up but once there we realized we were standing inside a cloud.  Everything around us was white!  Not much of a view, but still pretty cool!

Boy Picture, they are harder to catch than the girls...


Posing at Crystal Lake half way up to the top of Pikes Peak

I told you, girls jump for phto ops!

The road up to Pikes Peak


Standing in the clouds, not much of a view, but still a very cool concept to be "in" a coud!


On top of the world and knowing it!