Monday morning and what a morning!!! After skyping with Miche and family, we took off to Colorado Springs hoping to get on the Cog Railway for a trip up to Pike's Peak, and we did it, with 3 minutes to spare. Unfortunately, we didn't get up to the summit as there was too much wind but we did get as high as Windy Point at 12,129 feet. You can see from the photos all the snow they had. We had a stop midway down and people got to walk around a bit. There were even chickadees in the trees. It was glorious and sunny. How lucky.
The line was officially opened for paying passengers on August 16, 1890. One year later, it was making it all the way to the summit. This is the highest cog railway in the world. Most of them are in Europe, specifically Switzerland, but there is one in New Hampshire which reaches the top of Mount Washington, where we have had the pleasure of visiting.
Back in the parking lot and after we had our delayed brunch, we were on our way to Pueblo via a mountain route and reached an elevation of over 9000 feet but unfortunately had to turn back as it started snowing quite heavily. Mountain weather is certainly unpredictable. We headed back to Colorado Springs and took the main highway to Pueblo which was only 40 miles away. We did encounter some very heavy rain with lightning and were glad that we had not risked staying on the mountain route.
We are now set up at a very friendly KOA Kampground (the owners are formerly from Vermont). Got our laundry done, and for dinner indulged in a vegetarian pizza produced and delivered by the owners. Another great day.
Thanks for the pictures! I'm so happy you were able to take the cog railway. The views look really nice. I checked the radar on Sunday and it looked like the weather should be getting better for you (keeping my fingers crossed). Mickey and I are back to work, but had a very nice weekend, including walking to the old port and bixiing back :)
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Hi. I've been following your progress and what an interesting trip you're having. Too bad the weather isn't cooperating but with luck it should improve. Here also it snowed last week, today it's raining and we've had almost no sun although Easter Sunday was lovely.There was a coolish wind but the sun was great.So nice to be able to accompany you with your informative blog.
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ReplyDeleteEnjoy reading your daily adventures, you are so lucky to have the opportunity to take this trip. We are so happy for the 2 of you, and hope you had a nice Easter. Hopefully the weather will smarten up....here as well. Take care, and be careful.
thinking of you,
Andy,Lori,Tyler and Kristin xoxox
Hi guys. I've just been catching up on the last few days of your travels and realize I can make comments! Don't know if I signed in as a "follower" the right way - My symbol is different from the other two.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting journey you're having. It's great to be able to follow you this way. Too bad the weather is not better, but at least no twisters or floods so maybe be thankful for small mercies! Hope the weather soon improves for you...for us too.
Take care, D xoxo