Goin to Colorado : Pikes Peak mountain
We left the house early that day. The temperature was absolutely gorgeous and warm. One thing would maybe get in our way as we try to climb the road to the summit of this wonderful place. The last days, the Park rangers worked hard to clear the road of all the snow that has accumulated. Funny fact is that the temperature in Colorado Springs was about 10°C (50°F). The road is really scary as you climb fast throughout the peaks and drive in all the tight switchbacks.
The panoramic is genuinely gorgeous. Every time you turn your head, you can’t hold the ‘’WOWWWW’’ coming out of your mouth. I couldn’t even blink my eyes, scared of missing something.
Arriving at the summit, you can already feel the cold coming through. You open the door of the car and understand at that moment why the road was blocked by feet of snow for the last days. It’s freezing and the wind is so strong, that you need to hold tight to your belongings before they find the way back down the mountain before you do.
But, all of this is secondary when you put your focus on the scenery offered by the Pikes National forest, the Rockies and the plain of the Midwest. At 14,110 ft (4,302 m) the horizon seems infinite. I can’t wait to go back on a wonderful adventure like this one.
The panoramic is genuinely gorgeous. Every time you turn your head, you can’t hold the ‘’WOWWWW’’ coming out of your mouth. I couldn’t even blink my eyes, scared of missing something.
Arriving at the summit, you can already feel the cold coming through. You open the door of the car and understand at that moment why the road was blocked by feet of snow for the last days. It’s freezing and the wind is so strong, that you need to hold tight to your belongings before they find the way back down the mountain before you do.
But, all of this is secondary when you put your focus on the scenery offered by the Pikes National forest, the Rockies and the plain of the Midwest. At 14,110 ft (4,302 m) the horizon seems infinite. I can’t wait to go back on a wonderful adventure like this one.