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pikes peak

erin

25 Jun 2019 — 2 min read

When you're in Colorado Springs you have to go to the top of Pikes Peak, so we did.

Emma is adventurous, like Braden.

Olivia is not, like me. We did make it a couple steps down into the rocks, then Olivia said "this is not safe. let's go back up". I'm with ya girl. 🙌🏼

The road going up (and down) is pretty incredible. So are the views.

After we made it back down the mountain we stopped in Manitou Springs for shopping and ice cream.

We also stopped at an amusement place with the most impressive collection of those little kid rides that cost a quarter. There must have been 100 of them.

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