Category Archives: Colorado

We stayed up top for maybe 45 minutes. Clouds were moving in fast and it looked like it might storm, but rain didn’t materialize until evening. We stopped at an overlook for a few minutes. At Glen Cove (11,440 feet), … Continue reading →

I’m not going to attempt to put my photos in any sort of order. We enjoyed the view for a while until the cog railroad train headed back down. Our friend told us this was the time to go inside … Continue reading →

Our friends drove us to the summit of Pikes Peak. It was a beautiful Sunday after two days of rain, and a lot of people chose the same adventure. Here’s the mountain from I-25 near the Air Force training field. … Continue reading →

The Air Force Academy moved to Colorado Springs in August, 1958, four months after I was born. The architecture definitely looks like it’s from that period. All it takes to get on the grounds is to show a photo i.d. … Continue reading →

Every year, a friend of mine at work organizes a hike up one of Colorado’s 14ers (the name for the 54 peaks in the state over 14,000 feet high). This year the plan was to climb Quandary Peak, but a … Continue reading →