Friday 10/16:
Cog Rail Ride to Pike's Peak.
Since we've both been to the Peak before, and we wanted to save our engine and brakes, and Derek didn't think that the biking adventure of the Peak would be worth it, so we rode the train! (Maybe next time we go I can talk him into biking the Peak!)
Going up!
We passed by a herd of Big Horned Sheep. All but one, could care less about us, but that one.. that one starred down the train the entire pass (on the way back down too).
At the top!
A lovely view of The Black Forest...
Time to go back down...
Our Conductor was awesome! He had such corny jokes but made the trip up and down that much more fun and the history stories that much more interesting!
After a long lunch, we headed to Seven Waterfalls!
I enjoyed this tree's roots...
You could ride the elevator to the overlook...
But we climbed the stairs instead!
View of the falls from the overlook...
And their names...
Now to climb more stairs!
Time to hike some at the top!
The Zip-line...
And the trail was closed. Super Lame Sauce.
Seven Falls was fun, but it's more of a "one and done" adventure...
Then it was dinner at The Airplane Restaurant!
A legit USAF KC-97 from the Texas National Guard
Derek LOVED playing in the cockpit, I had to pull him away since our food was ready.
The food wasn't the best (the sweet potato fries were AMAZING however, but Derek said playing in the plane made up for the food).
An adventure filled day that was also rather lazy and relaxing!
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