Left Russell, KS about 9:30am. Stopped for lunch in Topeka. Stopped in Olathe to drop off my audiobook. Sunny, warm day. I drove 302 miles to reach home today. Home about 6:00pm.
I drove a total of 2400 miles over the 12 days.
Left the RV park about 9:30am. Drove 354 miles to Russell, KS. Staying at the Triple J RV Park. Not really impressed with this place but it will do for one night. Not much to see along the way in Kansas but I have enjoyed my second audiobook as I finished the first one and stopped for a second one in Colorado Springs, CO.
This afternoon I walked up and down the historic downtown Manitou Springs area. They have a thriving downtown area with a lot of funky shops and food options. It was over 90 degrees today but with very little humidity it does not seem that bad.
About 6:00pm I went over to check out Red Rock Canyon for a few minutes.
Heading for home in the morning.
I had a ticket for the 9:20 train to Pike’s Peak. I had to arrive 30 minutes early to pick up my ticket. The depot is only 2 miles from the RV park. The ticket was $35 and parking was $5. Here is a photo of the train depot.
All the tickets are assigned seating by the railroad company. I was lucky to get a window seat facing forward. The seats were 3 seats on one side of an aisle and 2 seats on the other. The uncomfortable part is that the seats are back to back so you are facing people and are knee to knee with them.
The trip is 1 hr and 20 min up then you get 30 minutes at the top and then 1 hr and 20 min back down. It is 30-40 degrees colder at the top and very windy. I was smart and wore jeans and took a heavy coat. Many others were in shorts and flip flops and freezing.
Stopped at the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center and had lunch with a view…..
After lunch I drove into the park. Unfortunately it was too crowded for a good visit. There were no parking spaces at most of the scenic areas and it was warming up pretty fast so I left without seeing everything….
I stopped at a few stores in the afternoon. I went back to the park about 5:00pm. I walked up to the local pizza place across the street from the park and got a small pizza and took it back to the Egg. About 7:00pm I went back to Garden of the Gods…it was still busy but not as bad. I stayed until it started showering. It has showered for the last few hours.
Here is a picture as I was leaving the park and you can see the rain in the distance..
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