Driving Driving Driving Royal Gorge Flying W

Most of our day today was spent driving. We covered over 300 miles from Durango (in the SW of the state) to Colorado Springs (in the East of the state). The weather was pretty dreary today, but we did stop at the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge. It cost 23 dollars per person to cross the bridge which is why these pictures are from the side!


They also have a skycoaster that you can swing out over the gorge. See the person? Freaky!
And they have a gondola ride across the gorge which I've heard is pretty cool. We didn't have time to do any of the activities so we kept on moving toward Colorado Springs.
Can you see JFK in repose?

When we got into Co Springs we checked into the hotel and then headed over to the Flying W Ranch. In the summer, they serve chuckwagon suppers to huge crowds. In the winter, its a steakhouse with a country/western/bluegrass stage show. It was pretty cool. They played songs like Tumbling Tumbleweed, Ghost Riders in the Sky, and the Orange Blossom Special. The performers were incredible and they also served you your dinner...so two for one!

The Flyin W Ranch is supposedly still a working cattle ranch. They also have a realistic little western town set up with blacksmiths, rug weavers, shops, etc.

Anyway, we're exhausted at this point so we're losing steam big time. Some rest is definately in order...we miss everybody!