From the Visitor’s Center
The Visitor’s Center opens at 0800. The park itself opens at 0500 in the summer. Means that arriving just a few seconds after 0800 meant parking challenges but we managed to grab the last parking slot in the main area.
Then looped at the maps before heading out for the close, easy loops…
The Rocks are sandstone, carved mostly by wind with the occasional bit of precipitation tossed in for good measure. Of course, this is mountains and Colorado, so you can add snowfall in the winter. The formations are amazing. Any of the pictures will enlarge if you click on them. Thumbnails here just so that the page loads in our life time.
And yes –
I was actually there
please note a reasonable attempt – not at a disguise – but at sun protection including (but not limited to) hat, glasses, long pants, hiking shoes, sleeves that could be rolled down AND sunblock…
I might go back to see the sunrise one of these next mornings…
Since I don’t remember having wandered any part of “historic” Colorado Springs in the 1970s, that was our next stop. I have the feeling that there has been a lot of renovation in the last 40 years….
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- the signage is good
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- the clock pretty cool
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- Hank (Pike’s Peak or Bust Rodeo)
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- and I know that butterfly’s with colors more than nature weren’t here….
Caribou Coffee, like Peet’s and Seattle’s Best, is much better than Starbucks along with being conveniently located on the butterfly corner.
The commissary, unlike the Berkeley Safeway, still has cherries……
Holly, dang it I live in CO Springs! Next time call me 719-602-9664 and I would love to meet up!
Oops! Mind just totally missed the connection…