Day Twenty

The alarm went off early this morning. We had to get through work freeway traffic to reach our destination. We took a ride on the Cog Wheel Railway to the top of Pike's Peak! It was so much fun! The entire trip took a little over three hours. It was about 75 degrees when we left the bottom and by the time we reached the top, the weather had changed. It was 28 degrees at the top, with wind gusts up to 78 (yes I said 78) miles an hour. This made the windchill 6 degrees. Needless to say, we did not take many pictures at the top. We had to load back on the train 10 minutes early because the wind was blowing the rocks and we couldn't risk the rocks blowing up and breaking the train windows.

We then went to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. This was interesting, but totally commericalized. This was the one time in the entire trip that we regreted spending the money to go in afterwards. The history was really fascinating, but the place is privatly owned and totally commericalized.

We the drove to Estes Park for the next two nights. The cabin that we are staying is so cute! It's hard because we have so much to see in so little time, but we just want to sit in our cabin and enjoy some down time. What to do, what to do.

The train ride up on the Cog Wheel Railway.
The bighorn sheep that we saw on the train ride. I didn't notice that the one is wearing a necklace tag. Kinda takes away from the "wild" animals.

Standing at the top next to the train. Notice that nobody else is outside! They are all in the warm gift shop.

They put this sign at the top so that you can prove you were there.

The Manitou Cliff Dwellings.

Tomorrows destination. Weather says high of 44 degrees.