Colorado Adventure Day 3

Day 3 - Colorado Springs

We stopped at the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center first. Off to the right you could see wildfire damage (far to the right of this photo).

We parked and walked the Scotman's Trail until it intersected the Garden Trail.

We walked up to the rocks and climbed on the ones visitors could climb on. The kids loved that.

All the pictures of Garden of the Gods are so neat, it's difficult to pick which ones to post.

Next stop, after lunch, was the Cliff Dwellings in Manitou. The kids liked exploring, especially the four little rooms at the end that you can to access by ladders.

After that the next stop right after the cliff dwellings on the highway is Cave of the Winds. On the GPS the switchbacks seemed to overlap.

This was my first visit inside the caves. The tours got backed up, so we were stuck in one little tunnel waiting our turn for 20 minutes! That wasn't fun for me. And the 45 minute tour took us an hour and 10 minutes.

This is looking into Williams Canyon from the visitor center at Cave of the Winds.

Sock monkey and I stayed on the ground and watched the others do the Wind Walker. It was too high up for us!