Ole Southwest Tour

Adventure Eight – Pikes Peak

We get up and have breakfast but don’t have to leave so early today. First on the agenda is to go to the Olympic/Paralympic Museum.

Our group at the Olympic Museum
  • USA Bobsled
The Olympics in the beginning
  • Torch from Salt Lake Olympics
  • Torch from Squaw Valley Olympics
Some of USA torches for the olympics – I didn’t know it is a different torch each year.

We try out some of the interactive events : skiing, archery, and goal ball.

Then onto the Pikes Peak Cog Railway:

  • Showing the cogs of the railway

The trip up:

  • We go up a 25% grade!
  • Bristlecone tree
  • Above the tree line to 14,115 feet
  • One of the 156 turns going up Pikes Peak!

Arriving at the top:

  • Rick, Nancy and John
  • Pat, Jay and Rick
Top of Pikes Peak
Eating our doughnuts – which is sort of a right of passage that you made it to the top!
Coming down

After we come back down to Manitou Springs, we try some of the “springs” of drinking water. Each from deep seated limestone aquifers and each with its own distinctive natural flavor.

We end the day by having dinner together at a place called The Keg – recommended by some locals. It was good and we had a relaxing time to end the day.