Trip to Colorado

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The view we had at the place we stayed
This past summer we headed up to Colorado for a time of rest and relief from the hot summers in Oklahoma. When I was a girl we used to go to CO every summer, so it was neat to go back after many years and see some of the same places we went to. Not much has changed, but then again I didn't remember it very well from that long ago. :)


We drove up Pikes Peak but this cog train is one way to get up to the top.
The roads going up were pretty amazing....sometimes they have you on the edge of your seat!
Some of us children climbed down the rocks a little ways.



A storm coming towards the mountain. 
This is St. Elmo, one of the oldest and most intact ghost towns. I remembered this one very well from long ago, but I forgot just how up in the mountain it is!







We actually had the bright idea of hiking part of the Continental Divide. We started at 12,095 ft and went to around 14,000 ft. It was pretty fun but a lot of hard work too! It was terribly windy and the paths were very narrow, pretty much a goat and sheep trail. Going down you had to be very careful that your feet didn't slip out from under you! In the picture above we followed the trail up and around, down the first mountain peak and then back up and down again, to the part that looks like it has sharp points between the two mountain peaks. 




The last and hardest stretch!
Looking towards Aspen, CO. Once at the top there were absolutely beautiful views!!
The end of the trail...at the top
Those of us that made it to the top.
The tallest mountain along the Continental Divide from the road.
The tallest mountain along the Continental Divide up at the top of our hike.




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