Colorado Pictures

Here are some pictures of our trip to Colorado. Enjoy!

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The Gateway rocks at The Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs

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My Grandmother and my Dad in front of the Gateway

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Left side of the Gateway... In all three of these, Pikes Peak should be visible. Compare these with picture #162, 166 & 167 for the view on a clearer day.

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The Kissing Camels

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Closer to the Kissing Camels. The blur in the bottom right of the photo is me trying to make it into the picture. I goofed setting the timer!

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Garden of the Gods

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More Garden of the Gods

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Garden of the Gods

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My Dad, Grandmother and Mom at Balanced Rock in the Garden of the Gods

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My Dad lifting Balanced Rock so a van could drive thru.

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My Dad supporting the full
weight of Balanced Rock

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A view of the Gateway rocks on the next day, much clearer. Pike's Peak is visible in the back and the Kissing Camels are barely visible to the right.

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The left side of the Gateway with Pike's Peak in the background.

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Kissing Camels

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The Gateway and Pike's Peak

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The Gateway and Pike's Peak

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More formations at the Garden of the Gods

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Mountain views from the Garden of the Gods

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Garden of the Gods. Some of the miles of walking/bike paths are visible.

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Garden of the Gods. Notice a small white spot about a third of the way up in the center... that is a climber. There is also the shape of an Indian's face in the rock above the climber.

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Balanced Rock at the Garden of the Gods

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Along the Shelf Road near Cripple Creek. This shaft carried water for miles through the mountain from old mines. It was very cold, but felt good on this 90+ degree day.

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Cripple Creek.

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Cripple Creek.

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A hole in the rock formation near Cripple Creek.

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Cripple Creek again.

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Another rock formation along Cripple Creek.

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The canyon formed by Cripple Creek.

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The Shelf road along Cripple Creek.

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The Shelf road along Cripple Creek. Notice the road curving back into the picture on the right

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Straight down from the Shelf road to Cripple Creek

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The Shelf road along Cripple Creek. Notice the road curving back into the picture on the right and the Jeep we were trying to follow.

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Cripple Creek Canyon and our rental car along the Shelf road.

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The Shelf road and the Jeep we were following again.

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Cripple Creek and the canyon

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Looking down to Cripple Creek

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Cripple Creek and the canyon again.

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Skyline drive in Cañon city. There was a several hundred foot drop-off on both sides of this narrow road. More scary to me than the shelf road.

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Here begins pictures from the Royal Gorge. Here is the Gorge and the Arkansas river.

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This is the highest suspension bridge in the world, over 1,000 feet above the river.

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This is a picture of the longest single-span tram in the world. You might have to look close to see the actual tram.

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Here is the tram as it approached.

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View from the tram. Look very close to see the shadow of the tram on the rocks.

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Cloer picture of the tram's shadow.

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Looking back from one tram station to the other.

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Starting to cross the bridge.

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Looking straight down 1,050 feet between two of the planks of the bridge.

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View of the river and the railroad that follows it from the bridge

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Another view of the river. Not sure what that is at the bend, maybe a bridge.

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My home's in Alabama.

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Every state has a flag on the bridge.

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Some large birds circling below the rim of the canyon

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The incline railway down into the gorge

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The bridge again.

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Now to the Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs. Here is the Chapel. There was a wedding so we couldn't go in, but you can see the antique limo.

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The Chapel again.

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A B-52 Stratofortress near the entrance gate.

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The B-52 again, less artistically.

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Now to Downtown Denver. Here is the State Capital with my Mom, Grandmother and Dad.

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Here is my Mom, Grandmother and myself at the Capital.

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The building on the left is the Denver City/County building. The others I'm not sure about. The area with all of the flowers is a big park between the Capital and the City/County building.