Must do's in Colorado

[BUDMAN-BILL]

The wife and my self are heading towards Colorado Springs in a few weeks. What are
The must see at and along the way. I'm not locked into a set route.
Things we want to see are gosr towns, pikes peak and the garden of the gods.

What else??

 

[Old Fart]

Hike to the top of 7 falls and see the view from up past the falls.
There's a cave of the winds or something too.



Really you can just turn around and not go to that commie state.

 

[TenBears]

I forgot the name of the town just before pikes peak, but we had a good time there.

 

[Biggsly]

7 falls. The zoo is nice. I love down town Manitou. Get high.

 

[Mr.Glock]

Cripple Creek is not to far from where you will be. Neat town full of Old Casinos.

 

[cody6766]

If you press up north a ways, Rocky Mountain Ntnl Park is beautiful. I went in October, which was too late in all honesty, and it was still impressive. It's supposed to be great in the summer. It's NW of Boulder by an hour or so. Estes Park is the closest town if you want to check the distance. They have some nice condos up there if you stay the night.

 

[caojyn]

I forgot the name of the town just before pikes peak, but we had a good time there.

Estes park? Love that place

 

[HippyG22M3]

Royal Gorge

 

[Mr.Glock]

BudMan-Bill, don't mention your alias from here. They may keep you and make you Governor! LOL! We here in Okie land, knows it means Beer, but they may not! And if it don't meen beer then heck, bring us some back!!!

 

[TerryMiller]

The wife and my self are heading towards Colorado Springs in a few weeks. What are
The must see at and along the way. I'm not locked into a set route.
Things we want to see are gosr towns, pikes peak and the garden of the gods.

What else??

What direction will you be taking to get there? That will help us suggest stops along the way. We generally take I-40 to Amarillo, Highway 87 north from Amarillo to Dumas and Dalhart in Texas and then Clayton and Raton in New Mexico. At Raton, we take I-25 north to Colorado Springs. If you take that route, between Clayton and Raton is the town of Capulin, and north of Capulin is Capulin Mountain which is an old Volcano that one can drive up onto. Believe me, it isn't very big as far as mountains go.

What are your interests in seeing?

Things to do in Colorado Springs

If you like scenery and getting off the beaten path, check out Phantom Canyon Road. It starts off of Highway 50 between Pueblo and Canon City and goes north and west up into some of the mining country. The turnoff is a few miles west of the Highway 50 and Highway 115 junction.

In Canon City, besides the Royal Gorge, one can check out the prison museum. It is on the west side of town back a bit and to the east of the prison there.

If you like petrified stuff, there is Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument up Highway 24 from Colorado Springs and south of the town of Florissant.

While its nothing like Mesa Verde, there is a site called Manitou Cliff Dwellings that is really more like a "manufactured" site, but still kind of interesting.