Gardens or Bust!

Isaac loved Garden of the Gods. He was pretty much a professional mountain climber by the time we got to the second parking lot. From that point on, anywhere we went he asked if we would be doing any climbing. Thankfully his version did not include ropes and death defying climbing. I'm pretty sure that will be on the next visit to Colorado. He's already asking when can we go back!

We took the Cog Railroad to the top of Pike's Peak. That was a fun way to get to the top. I can remember as a kid going up in the car and being a little bit nervous about the travel conditions. So this was a nice steady climb with no hairpin turns and only a slight perception of the climb and decent. When we got to the top it was just as I remembered - cold and wet. But there were still great views, despite the clouds.