Pike's Peak

This is what the world looks like from 14,110 feet! At the bottom of the mountain it was 85 degrees and at the top it was snowing! There was plenty of leftover snow on the ground starting at about 9,000 feet.

EB drove all the way to the top, but I stopped at the gift shop/snack bar at about 11,000 feet and waited there. After he got back, EB said that was probably a really good idea because of my fear of heights. The road up to Pike's Peak is paved for the first three miles, but the other 16 miles are unpaved, although pretty wide for a mountain road. There are people who actually ski and snowboard down the very steep cliffs up near the top. . . I had trouble just walking and breathing at the same time!

There's a company that organizes bicycle rides down from the top. I saw the riders at the visitor center toward the bottom of the mountain and they looked pretty normal and sane to me.

On our way back down, just outside of Colorado Springs, we had a flat tire. So it was off to Wal-Mart for a new tire this morning.