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August 29, 2017

Pikes Peak

The last of the Colorado galleries (I think). This one of a trip to the summit of Pikes Peak.

The cog railway train waiting to take us back down.

Crystal in the mist on Pikes Peak

A glimpse of sunshine briefly poked through on top of Pikes Peak

View over the great plains as we headed up Pikes Peak

Ben and Crystal at the top of Pikes Peak

Crystal on the summit of Pikes Peak.

Crystal on the top of Pikes Peak. It was 38 degrees but felt at least 45.

July 19, 2017

The Garden of the Gods

The second part of our week without kids in Colorado Crystal and I stayed at the Garden of the Gods resort a part of our celebration of 20 years of marriage.

Rain over Garden of the Gods

Sunset over Garden of the Gods

Sunrise over Garden of the Gods

Sunrise over Garden of the Gods with Pike's Peak visible in the background.

Lone tree on top of a Garden of the Gods formation.

Mule deer feeding outside our balcony.

Rock formation at Garden of the Gods.

Crystal on a nature hike at Garden of the Gods.

"Kindergarten Rock" at Garden of the Gods

Lone tree on a rock outcrop.

Garden of the Gods

Crystal on hike in Garden of the Gods.

Garden of the Gods rock formation.

July 17, 2017

While the kids were in camp Crystal and I visited some parks and peaks in Colorado – here is a gallery of our trips to Red Rocks as well Mt. Evans. Mt. Evans boasts the highest paved road (though in some stretches that was being generous) and you can drive all the way to the the top. It took about 45 minutes to cover the 8 miles of the White-Knuckle Parkway. Storms were predicted but the skies were clear at the top for us.

Crystal at the Red Rocks amphitheater

Nature walk in Red Rocks park

Crystal at Red Rocks

Ben and Crystal at Red Rocks

View of downtown Denver from Red Rocks

Crystal on a nature walk at Red Rocks

Crystal at the summit of Mt. Evans

View west from the top of Mt. Evans.

Crystal at Summit lake on the slopes of Mt. Evans.

Crystal with the view east from the top of Mt. Evans.

Looking down on the snow capped Rockies to the north.

More snow capped Rockies seen from the top of Mt. Evans.

Alpine wild flowers

The road up to Mt. Evans is a winding, steep, narrow, white knuckle drive.

Bristlecones on the slopes of Mt. Evans.

July 15, 2017July 15, 2017

Camp Dobbins

This past week Kai spent 6 nights at the Chris Dobbins Boy Scout Camp along with twenty other scouts from Troop 1 in Dhahran. There was sun, rain, lightning and hail but everyone survived and Kai had an “awesome” time.

Landing in Denver