Jack and Amy's 2019 Colorado Vacation
Garden of the Gods Selfie
Pike's Peak Selfie
Introduction and Day 1
Saturday, May 25th, 2019
For years Amy and I have been talking about taking a trip out to Colorado. However, something always seems to come up causing us to delay our plans. We finally had an opening in our schedules that allowed us both to tack on a few extra days to the Memorial Day weekend.
So we booked our flights and found a cute little Airbnd in Cascade, CO at the base of Pike's Peak!
Most of Saturday (Day 1) was spent in Airports and on Airplanes, but we eventually landed in Colorado Springs. A few day's prior I sent a message to an old friend and neighbor of ours who moved out to Colorado Springs about 10 years ago. She now lives in Texas, but she was visiting her daughter who still lives in Colorado Springs.
It turns out she was flying back to Texas on the same plane that we flew in on, so we were able to reconnect briefly at the airport. Great seeing you again Sherri!
After picking up our rental car, Amy and I had a nice Lunch in Colorado Springs before making our way to our Airbnb. Driving through Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs was traffic hell! We were so glad our original Airbnb cancelled on us and we ended up away from the Colorado and Manitou Springs crowds! Our places was a delightful little Pueblo style guest cottage perfect for two people!
Our rental cottage
Since we were up at 3:30am the first thing Amy wanted to do when we arrived was take a nap. I saw there were a few trailheads a short walking distance from the cottage, so I decided to hike up Pyramid Mountain.
Here are a few photos from my hike!
View of Pikes Peak from the Pyramid Mountain Trail
Lots of Deer
Along the Pyramid Mountain Trail
view overlooking Cascade, CO and Pikes Peak
view of Pikes Peak from the Pyramid Mountain Overlook
At the Pyramid Mountain Overlook
The total hike was about 5 miles (2.5 miles each way) including the road walk portion, with an elevation gain of about 650 feet.
Our original plan was to head into Manitou Springs for dinner. However we found Manitou Springs to be a very touristy town which on a beautiful holiday weekend was way too crowded for our tastes. Instead we drove over to Woodland Park. We picked out a place called Carmen A Tapas Grill and Bar, which turned out to be our favorite restaurant of our trip!
My complete set of photos from day 1 is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157708857479493
Much more to come!
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