Total Miles Traveled 2418
Yesterday was a travel and laundry day. Today we woke to snow flurries and 35 degrees at Mueller State Park near Pikes peak and Colorado Springs at 9300 feet. We were going to go up Pikes Peak in the morning but it was all fogged in so we left the camper at the bottom and went to the Focus on the Family welcome center. One part of the welcome center was like Whit's End all the rooms were a different part of Odyssey. The kids got to act out characters from Adventures In Odyssey and were recorded on Kids' Radio, we even got a copy of it with our names on the CD. We went to Whit's End soda shop and got ice cream, we walked into the Narnian wardrobe and went inside a B2 bomber like the one in The Last Chance Detectives. The we drove up Pikes Peak. Dad said that Mom was acting just like Grandma Tyler did 37 yeas ago because of all the switchbacks with sheer dropoffs without guardrails for 20 miles. Some of the road was even dirt. There were snow banks along the inside edge some were 20 feet tall and lots of snow at the top. On the way down we saw people skiing and snowboarding down the side of Pikes Peak. It took a hour to get all the way to the peak. At the summit the elevation was 14110 feet there was half the oxygen than at sea level. The views were indescribable you need to go and drive up to understand but we will post some pictures to try to give you a little taste. It was sooooooooo awesome to be above the clouds. After leaving Pikes Peak, we traveled to Walsenburg, CO, and camped at Lathrop State Park.
(pictures coming)
That road up Pikes Peak is pretty scary! But the view at the top and the whole experience is well worth it. We are having fun making this journey with you again. We get out our journal from 2000 and follow along. We went up Pikes Peak on May 13th, so we remember the cold and the snow.
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