We got here Sunday, and did a little bit of walking around Monday, but things got real yesterday when we got up early and explored The Garden of the Gods. This is a spectacular park (and National Natural Landmark) on the edge of town, which features the same kind of up-tilted sandstone formations we saw near Red Rock. There really isn’t much of a narrative here, we just walked around, admiring the views and and taking pictures:
Kyle And The Rock FormationGarden Of The GodsKyle, Emmi & Anne At Garden Of The GodsRock FormationsHiking To The Next FormationRock FinsPike’s PeakKyle With The Rock FinKyle And EmmiRock Fin Up CloseAgainst The DayUnstable RocksRock FormationsAnneA PigeonJuniper BerriesKissing CamelsRock CarvingsKyle, Emmi & AnneThe ScotsmanScotsman TrailKyle And The ScotsmanYou Are HereColorado SavannahArid Landscape And Pike’s PeakSemi-DesertPrickly PearsAnne And EmmiThe Hole In The WallMore Rocks
Right about that last photo is where I somehow managed to change my camera settings to a sort of “focus” effect, which made these last few a bit odd but hey, these are the photos I got:
Balanced RockKyle And EmmiKyle & EmmiBalanced RockKyle At Balanced RockKyle, Anne & Emmi
And finally, one last shot of Pike’s Peak, from our table at the pub where we had lunch: