Colorado Springs 2017

Richard, Linda, Teagan, Derek, Jenni and Eleanor took a vacation to Colorado Springs June 2017

1 Pulpit Rock Open Space near house	2 Pulpit Rock Open Space near house	3 mystery flower	4 Pulpit Rock
5 Scene on the trail	6 Pulpit Rock Open Space	7 Pulpit Rock Open Space	8 Trail to Pulpit Rock
9 Panorama of Pulpit Rock area	10 Teagan and Richard hiking toward Pulpit Rock	11 Colorful rocks in Pulpit Rock Open Space	12 Getting to the rocky part
13 Another mystery flower	14 Looking toward the Front Range from the Pulpit Rock area	15 Just set it right there. Thanks.	16 Approaching the top
17 Rental house just left of center	18 Richard and Teagan atop Pulpit Rock; the elder one stabilizing with a rock	19 Richard and Teagan atop Pulpit Rock	20 Jenni and Teagan with a dramatic sky
21 Some of the hoodoo structures we passed on the trail to the top	22 Teagan and Jenni at the top	23 Richard trying to not fall off and look happy both at the same time	24 Jenni on the descent
25	26 Pulpit Rock seen from the deck at the house	27 From the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center	28 Same pic; swapped models
29 Derek pushing a stroller at the Garden of the Gods	30 A few fo the many red rock structures at Garden of the Gods	31 Derek and Eleanor enjoying some shade	32
33 View of Pikes Peak from Garden of the Gods	34 Some fo the vertical rocks	35 Magpie on top of one of the spires	36 Panarama from the west showing North Gateway Rock, South Gateway Rock, Gray Rock, Cathedral Spires, Three Graces, and more
37 West view of Kissing Camels on North Gateway Rock	38 Cathedral Spires and Three Graces in front of Gray Rock	39 Tower of Babel (?) with North Gateway Rock in background	40 Climber on South Gateway Rock
41 Kissing Camels	42 Eleanor and Derek taking a break	43 Eleanor and Derek pausing for a photo	44 Jenni and Eleanor
45 Jenni and Eleanor	46 Eleanor	47	48 A magpie in flight
49 Three Graces and Cathedral Spires	50 Teagan on Sleeping Giant	51 Gray Rock	52 Magpie
53 Balanced Rock	54 Red Rock Open Space perhaps near the quarry	55 Dead trees at the Red Rock Open Space	56 The lake
57	58	59	60 Pulpit Rock in morning light
61 Pikes Peak from the Toll Road	62 Derek and Eleanor at Crystal Reservoir on the way to the top	63 Pikes Peak seen from Crystal Reservoir	64 Pikes Peak seen from Crystal Reservoir
65 Derek and Eleanor taking a break at Crystal Reservoir	66 Eleanor	67 Jenni, Eleanor and Derek atop Pikes Peak in search of air	68 A view from the top
69 A panarama from the top	70 Eleanor at a slightly higher altitude than Derek atop Pikes Peak	71 The cog railway end of the line	72 Top of Pikes Peak; not sure where the family is
73 Mountain, meet cloud	74 Looks like rain	75	76
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81	82	83 Lots of photographers on this trip	84
85	86	87 I don't think so	88
89	90	91	92 Teagan at Crystal Reservoir on the way down
93	94 Looking back toward Manitou Springs from one of the last pullouts on the way down	95	96 Linda and Teagan getting ready for the Terror-Dactyl free-fall
97	98 Williams Canyon at Cave of the Winds	99 Getting ready for a 5-mile hike with lots of elevation change	100 Panaramic from the house deck
101 Eleanor enjoying a meal	102 Nice view from the deck	103 Sibling rivalry	104
105	106	107 Helen Hunt Falls	108 On the bridge over Helen Hunt Falls
109	110 Enjoying the top of the falls	111 Eleanor looking at Helen Hunt Falls	112
113 Eleanor looking at Helen Hunt Falls	114 Helen Hunt Falls	115 The cascade above the falls	116 Helen Hunt Falls
117 Give the poor child some sunglasses	118 Richard and Teagan in apparent danger	119 Now she has sunglasses	120 Helen Hunt Falls
121 Helen Hunt Falls	122 Helen Hunt Falls	123	124
125 Enjoying the view	126 Aww	127	128
129 On the trail high above the falls	130 Helen Hunt Falls	131 Helen Hunt Falls	132 Helen Hunt Falls
133 Helen Hunt Falls	134 Helen Hunt Falls	135	136
137	138	139 Helen Hunt Falls	140 Eleanor riding Mommy
141	142	143 Cascading waterfall on its way to Helen Hunt Falls	144 Taking a break from the view to look back at the camera
145 The view from the top of the trail	146 A small waterfall above Helen Hunt Falls	147 small waterfall	148 Helen Hunt Falls
149 Helen Hunt Falls	150 Helen Hunt Falls	151 What fun!	152 Jenni and Derek
153 Teagan at Romona Falls (bottom of Seven Falls)	154 View of Colorado Springs from Inspiration Point at Seven Falls	155 Teagan at Inspiration Point at Seven Falls	156 Richard at Inspiration Point (Seven Falls)
157 The highest two falls of Seven Falls	158	159 Midnight Falls (in the Seven Falls area)	160 Richard at Midnight Falls
161 Teagan at Midnight Falls (near Seven Falls)	162 And Jenni at Midnight Falls (near Seven Falls)	163 Three of the middle falls at Seven Falls	164 One of the lower falls at Seven Falls
165 Two of the lower falls at Seven Falls	166	167 Teagan at the entrance to Garden of the Gods (Pikes Peak in background)	168 Geology Hall at the Visitors' Center of Garden of the Gods
169 Exhibits at Visitors' Center at Garden of the Gods	170 Pulpit Rock Open Area from the deck	171 Pulpit Rock time exposure at dusk	172 Time exposure of the mountains from the deck
173 Time exposure of Pikes Peak	174 Welcome to the zoo	175 Taking the aerial tram to get an overview of the zoo	176 Teagan reliving her youth, most of which was spent off the ground
177 Eleanor learning the jungle gym	178 Wall climbing at the zoo	179 Wall climbing at the zoo	180 Emu
181	182	183	184 Wallaby
185	186 Eleanor checking out the herps	187	188 Teagan feeding the birds
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197 Bald eagle	198	199	200
201	202 Marmot	203	204
205 Female tigers	206	207	208
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213	214 Playing the drum	215	216 Marmot
217	218	219 Eleanor after crawling out	220 Followed by Derek
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237	238	239	240 View from Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun
241	242 View from Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun	243 Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun	244 View of central garden of Garden of the Gods from the Visitor Center
245 North Gateway Rock at Garden of the Gods	246	247 A zoom-in of the Kissing Camels at Garden of the Gods	248 Siamese Twins in Garden of the Gods; they're not actually blurry in person
249 Siamese Twins window in Garden of the Gods with random hiker and Pikes Peak	250 View from house of Pikes Peak at first light	251 View of Pikes Peak with moon in morning light	252 A test shot to check exposure for group picture
253 Waiting for the rest of the family	254 And, the family vacation picture from the deck	255 The Cadet Chapel	256 Cadet Chapel
257 The lower interior