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Catching up with old friends...
... that at Kidfetti a couple years back at Silver Springs Park?) Also saw some mountain lions/pumas being fed up-close, and they got to pet a prairie dog. That night we ate at Old Chicago (I remembered this chain from Coralville, or maybe Cedar Falls, but don't remember ever going to one) - we were also lured in by promises of bar trivia going on that night, but were disappointed when they didn't pipe in the questions throughout the ENTIRE restaurant... :(
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Pike's Peak Cog Train a fantastic ride.
... trip takes you through 4 life zones from lush high plains to fragile alpine tundra. Passing cascading streams and through a steep canyon of gigantic boulders and tall pines towards our destination of Pikes Peak well above the tree line.
The animals seen along the way were the Yellow Bellied Marmots and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. We climb to to 14,110ft above ...
Night 26: Over the Rockies
... in thus case are beautiful red rocks worn by years. They rise vertically out of the ground at 90 degree angles. The red of the rocks and the blue if the sky make for stunning contrasts. The sun was setting behind the Rockies glowing against the red faces of the rocks. We felt compelled to hike and so we walked for over an hour surrounded by these peaks and colors. Climbers were attempting to scale them. Hikers enjoyed the colors and crisp air. Rabbits pounced around in ...
The Last Day
... start we found the correct place. One thing that was different was the cars for all rental companies were returned to one location and there was no one there to provide a receipt like they do in the US. But we had already paid at the time we rented the car so I guess we didn't need a receipt at the end. I finally found a couple of employees for a different rental company and asked them if we needed to do anything additional. They said to make sure ...
Last things
... shop, walked no more than 2 shops away before I turned around and rushed back to buy it. I haven't regretted that decision and G has almost forgiven me for buying Black Hills Gold. Finding gold in what were sacred mountains to the Native Americans exasperated the conflict that eventually led to the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Whereas I always wanted to be a pioneer (courtesy of Laura ...