9/24/2014---On this day, we left Dumas, TX heading to Pikes Peak..In the panhandle of Texas we saw fields and fields of sorghum..Traveled from Dalhart, TX across the plains to Colorado..Along the route we stopped at the travel center in Trinidad, got info on Pikes Peak and onward we went..Had a nice Bar-b-que meal in Colorado Springs before going to Pikes Peak...We reached the road going to Pikes Peak and started upward..The aspens were at there peak, so it was one picture after another..After going on upward we were expecting the road to turn to dirt the way it used to be the last time we were there 20 years ago, but the road is paved all the way to the top now..We got out walked a few steps, I went to the bathroom and we left with me having a fast heart beat and woosey head from the altitude..The ride back down was as spectacular as the ride up the hill..We then went over to Cripple Creek and spent the night at our usual place, the Double Eagle Hotel and Casino..
9/25/2014---We left Cripple Creek about noon and started down to Durango..On the way we saw more pretty aspens and the critter of the day was a fox...
9/26/2014--Today we stopped at Adobe Milling in Dove Creek, CO to get some of those good pinto beans. We have seen llama's or alpacaca's, we aren't sure which, deer and a coyote..We went to Arch's National Park and had a nice drive through the park..The weather is rather warm, so we didn't walk much..The arches are too far off the main road, but enjoyed the ride. WE have stopped for the night in Price, Utah...
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