Aug. 25th, 2016

kevin_standlee: (Beware of Trains)
This morning we packed out of the hotel without incident and hit the road for Manitou Springs and the Cog Railway to the top of Pike's Peak.

Pike's Peak Without Busting )

It had been a pleasant summer afternoon down in Manitou Springs, but as we neared the summit we closed the windows to keep the snow from coming in.

The Snows of August )

We took a whole lot of photos. Click through any of those above, or see my Pike's Peak Cog Railway album.

We did see wildlife, but it was elusive and camera-shy. On the way up, we saw a bighorn sheep, and Lisa saw a marmot (there are apparently many of them on the mountain). Coming down, we saw a deer. And there were lots of birds, even up on the snowy wastes near the top.

One more Cog Railway photo )

Before leaving the area, we stopped for an early dinner at a Black Bear Diner in Colorado Springs (starting level 4 in their Passport program of collecting restaurants). Lisa then drove us up to Denver. At times, we could see trains operating on the UP/BNSF "Joint Line" that parallels I-25. We skirted the Denver area on our way to the hotel in Golden, where we were happy to arrive relatively early.

This second day of riding trains was also great fun. I sort of wish we'd had maybe another fifteen or twenty minutes at the top, but given that I could feel the altitude, perhaps it's just as well that we left when we did. And after the oppressive heat driving through Kansas, I was happy to be in the snow at the top of Pike's Peak.

Tomorrow we head west on I-70, bound for Green River UT.

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