My Western Adventure – Garden of the Gods, Colorado

Next we stopped at Garden of the Gods which is completely free to the public. You enter the park to be immediately greeted by a landscape much in contrast to the preceeding drive. Huge rock formations of vibrant orange and terracotta – some so thin you wonder how they atand strong. They do advise however […]

My Western Adventure – Great Sand Dunes, Colorado

This is me and my husband’s 5th trip out west. The first and third time we drove from PA to our destinations out west. The remainder of the time we would cheat – fly to Las Vegas or Denver and rent a car… I really can’t say which I prefer. Driving the entire way lends […]

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My Western Adventure – Pikes Peak, Colorado

I am finally on vacation and our first stop was Pikes Peak in Colorado. Colorado has 52 fourteeners which mountains over 14,000 feet. Pikes Peak comes in at 14,110! We began our climb and I read the pamphlet. It spoke of hypoxia – which is altitude sickness. We drove and drove and all of us […]