Sunrise at Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge

Colorado National Monument

The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by horse thieves in the 19th century. The point provides a
striking panorama of pinnacles, buttes and sandstone cliffs of the Colorado River's 2,000-foot canyons.

Colorado National Monument

Dingalan, Aurora Province, Philippines

Profile Rock is one of the many dikes that radiate from the Spanish Peaks. For those with
a sharp eye, the profiles of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson or some say Martha
Washington or an Indian) can be seen. Some see a train on a trestle and a rearing horse or deer.

5,000 sq ft home excavated from solid sandstone which started in early 1940's and lasted 20 years

Monitor and Merrimack, two American warships that fought the first engagement between ironclad ships.

Pikes Peak as seen from seat 4A

Red & white rock formation at the Garden of the Gods

This is the 19 mile highway leading to the the summit of Pikes Peak. With an altitude of 14,110 feet above sea level,
it ranks 31st among Colorado's fourteeners (mountains with peaks 14,000 feet or more above sea level)

My favorite destination

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Entrance to the Garden of the Gods with Pikes Peak on the background

(as seen through a hole between the Siamese Twins rock formation)

Pikes Peak blanketed by morning clouds

as seen from the Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Pikes Peak Cog (or rack) railway is the highest in the world as well as Noth America and the Northern Hemisphere. It takes tourist to the summit of Pikes Peak.