Have you met Claudia at The Bookwright? No? Pop over to have a look, I’ll wait…

Claudia and her husband, Scott, live near Denver and very kindly offered to pick us up and take us to Pikes Peak for the day. Colorado has 54 “Fourteeners” and at 14,115 feet Pikes Peak is only the 31st highest! But don’t worry, there’s a road all the way up (or a cog railway) so no climbing was involved. Not only that, you can eat donuts at the top – it’s amazing that they cook at such high altitudes.

Views from Pikes Peak

Cog railway arrival

Views from Pikes Peak

It was, as you might expect, a tad chilly – but as you can see below, we all look very happy to be there.

Anabel, Scott, Claudia

John, Anabel, Claudia

Not far from Pikes Peak is Garden of the Gods, a park with magnificent red sandstone rock formations, many of which are over 300 million years old. We stopped off there on the way back to Denver.

Garden of the Gods

Garden of the Gods

Garden of the Gods

Garden of the Gods

We must have behaved ourselves, because next day Claudia and Scott offered to take us out again! This time, we visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The gems and minerals section was particularly impressive.

Gems and Minerals Section

Gems and Minerals Section

As was the Sky Terrace with its views over City Park towards the Rocky Mountains.

View from Sky Terrace

View from Sky Terrace

View from Sky Terrace

What an amazing two days! This was the fourth time that we have met up with fellow bloggers, and all have turned out to be lovely people. Many thanks to the wonderful Claudia and Scott for giving so generously of their time to show us around.

That’s almost it for our Summer 2016 road trip – we flew home the next day. However, we didn’t have to be at the airport until early evening so there was plenty of time for one last visit – Denver Botanic Gardens. Coming up next!