Well, the last full day in the US. I leave tomorrow evening back to the UK…as usual, not enough time to do everything! All I can say is, 6 days is way too short to see Colorado and Wyoming properly…!! Today I went up to Laramie and then from there to a place called Centennial, [...]
Well, I made it to Cheyenne…! A 2.5 hour drive, with only a few stops to take photos…I should have stopped for a rest, but I just wanted to get here…so am knackered and am having an early night…! This morning I got up early, checked out of the hotel and headed north up to [...]
Today I went down to Canon City, about 1.5 hours from Manitou Springs to ride on the Royal Gorge Route Railroad and to visit the Royal Gorge itself. The ride through the canyon was breathtaking! I travelled in a dome car on the way through the canyon & munched on some breakfast while watching the [...]
How rude of me…I didn’t post a map of my trip! So here goes…click here to view the map
Today I braved my fear of heights and took the Pike’s Peak Cog Railway up to the top of Pike’s Peak…14,110ft above sea level! A little cold at the top (32 deg. F or 0 deg C!!) and not much oxygen! Amazing how hard your body has to work at that altitude just to get [...]
Today (Friday) I spent mostly up in the mountains, in the towns of Silver Plume and Georgetown. These are both old mining towns that have been restored back to their old glory. People actually live there, so they are not just there for tourism… I went on the Georgetown Loop railroad which runs from Silver [...]