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Colorado Springs Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Colorado Springs, United States
2543 No Name
This is a top pick! ... in the mountains. But then we went onward toward Denver. The ride in was nice. We stopped at a rest stop near No Name, CO and got to see the Colorado River run alongside the snowy mountains. Nice views. It's always nice to go through the Rocky ...
1278 Pagosa Springs
This is a top pick! ... the ice. It would've been a great place to stop and take the rest of the vacation there, but we knew before we jumped into the car, that we were heading south for the good weather. A bit ironic how Colorado with its icy charm almost lured us into ...
The mountains begin
... mark on our journey. We have tried to stay off the Interstate highways and our ride has been less stressful. On our way to Colorado Springs we took Highway 83, 40 to 94 - pretty desolate country. We thought about the kids and how far they must have to ...
Depois da Neve, vem o Sol de Colorado!
Incrivel, bem como o Rodrigo falou - aqui cai neve e no outro dia faz sol! Hoje aproveitamos para visitar o famoso "Garden of the Gods", um parque nacional com formacoes rochosas lindas e grandes. tudo estava muito lindo com a neve que ainda nao havia ...
Basic Trip Info
So I thought I'd give an overview of my trip now before I actually leave so everyone has an idea of what I'm doing. I will be living in Vina del Mar, Chile for three months while participating in a program called Adelante Abroad. For the first three ...
Chimney Rock and rafting.
... purpose for the people of th Chaco culture. The Anasazi were avid observers of the brilliant night sky of the elevated Colorado Plateau they lived on. They learned to time events throughout the year according to when a star, a star constellation, or ...
long drive
We had a long drive today from Bryce to Glenwood springs, and the drive didn't start well. As we were driving up the 98 out of Bryce we were following a RV for a while and I decided to overtake him, that went well, but then a bit further down the ...
A one day stop
We went to a therapeutic hot spring for the first time, and we really enjoyed it! Outside was freezing, but in the water it was soooo hot, about 103 degrees they said, but I think it was much more...it was very hot. The pools were huge. We just relaxed ...
Chegada em Colorado Springs!
Chegamos, entao, em Colorado Springs - aonde Rodrigo mora e aonde passareis a maior parte da ...
Tratamento de Choque!
... frequentado por antigos policos e ateh mesmo presidentes. O ponto principal deste SPA sao as aguas medicinais geo-thermicas (hot springs) cheias de propriedades e minerais muito saudaveis para o corpo. Largamos as malas e fomos direto para as aguas, ...
Running
Gotta have euros gotta get intl drivers license gotta get medical releases gotta work out gotta cover wills bday, ...
Tolvtimmars bilfärd
... fattiga områden som vi oftast kommer in i förr eller senare. I New Mexico kändes som att komma in i ett annat land. I Colorado som vi är i nu är bergen fantastiska och återigen känns det som att man inte har det lika fattigt som i New Mexico. I ...
Rocky Mountains - Reminising of Home
... much like South Otago!! haha. Denver even suprised me with a nice flutter of snow! After being in Denver for 4 days I headed over to Colorado Springs to spend time with a friend from camp, Laura. I thought I was going to only stay for a few days but ...
Neat place in the shadow of Pike's Peak
... neat town with the working penny arcade that still had penny machines in operation. The town has 8 natural carbonated water springs that all taste different. We tasted water from three or four of the springs. The water filtered through ...
Didn't get to Peak at the Pike
We had set our hearts on walking up to Pikes Peak – 14,110 ft to the summit. Having looked at the weather forecast last night which predicted 32 degrees F (burrhh) we decided that we had to buy some gloves before hitting the trail. By just after 9 ...
Cat Skiing Steamboat CO
We arrived in Steamboat today. It has not snowed in several days but it is very cold and they have a record amount of snow as a base. The mountain is absolutely enormous! The cold weather and altitude keep the snow light and perfectly fluffy even after a ...
Mesa Verde
... House. The dwellings are amzing & considering how old they are, it is remarkable. Had our first night in an RV park at Pagosa Springs, as the season hasn't yet started it was very quite, a nice one by the river. Again, we caught up on washing as the ...
Swapped the car - well it was getting dirty.
Spent the morning, as the weather was bad, changing over the car (well it was getting rather dirty!) and skyping. Later walked into town for a look around and a coffee. Cooked up a stew as we have the luxury of a microwave and watched some tv – ...
Streamboat Springs Winter Wonderland
... got a pretty good feel for the place. A small town village-like community nestled in a secret little spot in the mountains of Colorado. What a great escape from the reality of ones life. And according to the locals, this is the best time to visit-no ...
Touring Colorado Springs
... chance would have it, today was the opening day of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the United States Olympic Training Center is in Colorado Springs. We made it there just as they were closing early for a celebration downtown. So we walked through ...
Visitando as Ruinas dos Indios!
... habitacional para umas 10 familias, ha tambem um lindo museu com dados e informacoes historicas. O dia estava lindo, tipico dia de Colorado, com muito sol e ceu azul. Temperatura de 15 graus positivos...que inverno maravilhoso! Beijos - ...
Mountains on the horizon
... and what they must have thought when they came over the horizon and saw the Rocky Mountains standing before them. We arrived in Colorado Springs around 3 PM…we had a time change today…and we set out to plan our drive up the mountain. ...
Getting Ready
Trying to learn how to blog basically using up a lot of time. If we get it right, people can follow our entries on travelpod (I ...
Pike's Peak or Bust
... . Early on, we stopped at the reservoir, a dam that creates a large pool of water that is the water supply for Colorado Springs and the surrounding areas. It was a beautiful sight, couched by a backdrop of the mountains. A few people were fishing ...
back in the USA....
... the boss over and we were on our way in our Subaru 4w Drive jobbie, and great fun it is as well. the 70 miles to Colorado springs was uneventful with a quick stop at a starbuck's for a pastry and a black coffee. The guy that runs the B&B here (St ...
Leaving Colordao
... about a mile up a railway track, then climb down the side of a mountain and in between the mountains and the Colorado river there were the Hot Springs - this has got to be one of the nicest most amazing place we'd been to. There with snow all around the ...
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Royal Gorge Bridge / Colorado Springs
... I stopped at a Starbucks just south of Colorado Spring to talk about the past couple of days of incredible riding. Once in Colorado Springs, Paul and I split and he continued north. Check out the pictured of the bridge...its kinda cool!!! I'm here ...
Sand Dunes, solar collectors, sulphur hot springs.
... area. If it's windy you will get wet! Best time for that is during the snow melt off. We pulled back into Pagosa Springs and passed the Hotsprings with a quick look. Then...decided we needed to relax. In the sulphur hot springs. This is the most ...
Cities Gods and Springs
... we dismissed this as unlikely. However that night on the news we heard that this was indeed the case. We're camped in Colorado Springs not far from the delightful old Colorado city and close to several of the highlights of the area. Just a few ...