Sal's brother and family came to visit for a week this summer, so we took a little camping trip. First we drove to the top of Pikes Peak which is 14,115 feet high, and silly me, I forgot my camera, but here are a couple that I stole from my brother-in-law. The drive is very pretty, but a little scary, it is a small dirt road that pretty much has a straight drop off one side. And it is so steep, that they actually have a break check about halfway back down, if your brakes are to hot, they make you stop and wait.
A very pretty little lake that was so clear and warm, but the chipmunks are crazy!! The kids had a hard time holding still for this next pic, cause there was a chipmunk that kept chasing them!!
Then we went to Royal Gorge, it is a huge gorge that has one of the biggest suspension bridges in the world.
This is one of the little trains that takes you down into the gorge.
You are crammed into these little cages, standing only, then you go down the track very slowly!!
The view looking down, you can't even see the bottom!!
looking back up
A view of the bridge
now looking down into the gorge from the bridge
This is looking down between the cracks of the bridge, yes that is a real train down there!! This river is the Arkansas river.
And here is another shot of the bridge, those are cars on there!! It is 955 feet high, and 1260 feet long. It is said to be one of the top ten scariest bridges in the world, and we walked across it!! I couldn't stop walking though, cause if you stopped, you could feel the bridge swaying from the wind!!
There was this cute little area there that was like a little old town that had lots of fun stuff to play on, this chair was one of my favorites!!
Sal wanted a pic of him doing a hand stand on the bridge, crazy!!
And then, a very pretty sunset over the mountains!! Lots of fun!!
She has taken over Mia's chair as her own, and then Mia put a towel on her as a blanky so she could sleep!!
