Albuquerque, NM (3) and Colorado Springs, CO

Continued from previous day:

On Tuesday we drove over to Lois' apartment to see her again and then over to Health South to see Judy.  She was in rehab just finishing up so we got this picture of her and I:

9/10/2010


We are now in Colorado Springs, CO. Left ABQ on Wednesday - this was at our CG west of ABQ:

This rock was in the parking lot.  The painting is called Petroglyph and you see it all over.  Petroglyphs (also called rock engravings) are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. It should not be confused with pictograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face (per Wikipedia).

These are two old Hudsons and an early camping trailer. 

There is a major interchange at the intersection of I-25 and I-40 in ABQ (about 3 bridges high - similar to the high 5 in Dallas) and with designs in the rocks around all the bridges similar to this one:

We drove to Raton which is about 1 mile from the NM and CO border. We were at about 8000 ft and spent the night in this CG. We got here about 3 PM and the wind was blowing pretty hard and COOL, but nice. Here are a few pictures:

In the morning when we left, it was in the low 50’s. Just before we pulled out, we saw big buck in the trees but he was gone before we could get the camera out. There have been soooo many good picture opportunities, and, believe me, I think we have captured every one of them (as you will soon see)!!!!

We got to our CG in Colorado Springs about 2PM, got situated in our site and then went out site-seeing – to the Garden of the Gods.  It’s a free city park consisting of about 1350 acres of red sandstone rock formations.  Many are over 300 million years old and were sculpted through time by the force of nature.  Again, so many pictures:

We did see this guy along the road - he was too busy eating to be bothered by us (and everyone else who stopped to get his picture!!).

And, here is our agenda for tomorrow:

Yes, that's Pike's Peak!


Later, we had supper at The Mason Jar, and, yes, they do serve all their drinks in mason jars!  Had good food and then back to the CG for the night.

I think you have seen enough pictures in this installment. Pike's Peak will be next…