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| The woman who wrote "America the Beautiful" was inspired to write the song while visiting Pike's Peak |
The journey West continues. Today, we're at Pike's Peak and Garden of the Gods.
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| When we started our trip, the temperature was in the 70's |
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| I love that name! |
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| Someone actually lives halfway up the mountain. They maintain the tracks or something. Their "driveway" is 20 miles long, and grocery shopping day is a seven hour ordeal! |
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| The temperature was a balmy 34 degrees! Altitude: 14,110 feet. I was definitely feeling it after only about 15 minutes. |
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| View from Pike's Peak |
Next stop, Garden of the Gods
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| That's a mighty big rock |
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| Kissing Camels fornation |
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| Kissing in the sunshine |