Mom hung out down in Manitou for the day:
Vicky, Mary, Ashley, Jim and Jamie:
Jenny and Luke:
Dad:
Scenery on the way up:
Luke was keepin' it real:
An old water tank:
About half way up, they'll drop you off if you want to hike the rest of the way:
This is marmot country. I'm sure there are some in these pictures someplace, but I can't find them:
Looking back down on the Springs:
It was still cold at the summit:
Looking down on the world:
North and South (left and right) Catamount Reservoirs. We hiked up to the SouthReservoir a few days later from our hotel:
Further off to the right is crystal reservoir. Out hotel is right over that gapin the hill (which can be seen in many of my other pictures from the hotel):
Dad, me, and Vicky:
Dad and Mary, holding a picture of Mary and Pat:
More vistas:
Vicky was cold:
Commemorating the writing of America the Beautiful:
The cog railway. The highest and longest in the world. Pikes Peak is the 2nd most visited mountain summit in the world after Mt. Fuji
The original summit house:
On the way back down, we saw some Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep (young ones, at least):
I bought myself some rock candy, but vicky wanted it. It was her birthday, so...whatever.
