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Friday, June 8, 2012

postheadericon Cheri June-8-12

8:56 PM | Posted by Sharp's Travels

We ventured back to the Garden of the Gods this morning.  We had already gone to the visitor’s center and watched the 14-minute media adventure on the Garden of the Gods, so off we went into the park.  


It is an extraordinary 1,350-acre park with 300-million year-old rock formations.  Years ago there were many roads you could drive on to wander through the park, now they have created a number of parking lots located throughout the park.   Many of the roads were turned into walking trails.  People park their vehicles and hike to the different formations. 


The park was very busy, we had to drive around the parking lot twice before we could get a place to park.  We began our hike on the trail.  The rocks were beautiful.  The formations looked different from every angle.  They were all given different names, Cathedral Spires, Three Graces, Gray Rock, Kissing Camels to name a few.  


We checked out the North end of the park and then hopped back on the bike and headed for the South end.  We checked out Steamboat Rock and of course the famous Balanced Rock.  The kids were climbing all over this one. 


It was a beautiful, sunny day.  It was perfect for riding the bike through the Garden.   I took a lot of pictures from the back of the motorcycle and Gay took all the pictures on the trails.  


We returned to Monument and checked out the downtown area.  We didn’t think there was much there so we returned to the 5th wheel to relax, have an early dinner and watch a little TV.


Gay has uploaded pictures of the day. Click on this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Garden of the Gods.


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