What a beautiful location and so aptly named, the Garden of the Gods, just outside of Colorado Springs in the shadow of Pikes Peak. These formations are hundreds of feet high. We saw several rock climbers scaling the formations. There is a loop road that you can drive to see all the formations. We ran into friends, the Lights, from Oregon. They were on their way to do some hiking in the park. Doug and I were both suffering altitude sickness so we decided to just take it easy and drive the loop. Then we ran into friends from Texas. We decided to take the bus tour of the park so we would hear the narration. After the bus tour, we took our cars and drove the loop several times so we could see the formations. I'll let the photos speak for themselves even though the photos don't really do justice to the beauty and the magnitude.
Doug is looking southward. The mountain on the left is part of the NORAD defense system.
This is looking northward from the balcony of the visitor's center.
This formation is called the kissing camels.
The kissing camels from the visitor's center.
Doug is in the blue shirt checking out steam ship rock.
Our friend, Rita, took our photo in front of Balanced Rock.
Doug took this at the Trading Post.
We took a ride a mile or two north of the Garden of the Gods and found this mother mule deer and her youngster munching on some dinner in the middle of a condo housing development.
Finally, as the sun was down, the clouds cleared from Pikes Peak and you can see it.
Must run for now as tomorrow is a busy day. We plan on going to Cowboy Church and then our conference starts in the afternoon.
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