Got the map and drove to about 6 covered bridges. Some you can drive over, some you can't. There is also a very cool lookout called Clark's Tower. The best part was driving up to it.
One of the best things I did when in the area was walking around the area looking for all the natural springs and tasting them all. I wish I would have bottled a little of each to bring home for family to experiment with. It takes some time because the maps aren't the greatest, some are a little tricky, but loved the hunt.
This remarkable 1,360-acre park is so full of weird and surreal red sandstone rock formations that it looks like Mot …
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1805 N 30th St Colorado Springs, CO 80904 United States +1 719 634 6666
Day 2 12:00am - Day 4 12:00am
Notes
Drove through almost everyday twice. You have to go at different times of the day, when the sun hits the rock it glows, especially at sun rise and sunset.
Towering 14,110 feet above Colorado Springs, this mountain serves as one of the nation's most famous landmarks. Acce …
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Pikes Peak Highway Colorado Springs, CO 80901 United States +1 719 385 7325
Day 3
Notes
Took the Cog up to the top. I would have liked to have spent more time at the summit, but I'd be so distracted by the sights while driving up that I feared going over the edge.
The enormous sandbox at the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve makes you feel, very simply, like a kid again. …
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11500 Highway 150 Mosca, CO 81146 United States 719-378-2312
Day 5
Notes
One of the only cool things in this part of Colorado. Not a whole lot of water running though. I climbed up one dune and that was enough. It's hard work!