Sunday, August 17, 2008

Royal Gorge and Seven Falls-Aug 17

The entrance to Seven Falls. The drive in through the mountains to the falls was so pretty. The camera would not capture what I really wanted it to.
Seven Falls from the deck up on the mountains. Since it rained this morning and a good shower while we were there, the water was a little brown.We would have done more hiking, but since it was wet, the steps were very wet. They did close down the elevator due to thunder and lighting. We visited the visitor center during the rain. Very worth while visiting this area!!
This is a tunnel we walked through at Seven Falls to get to the elevator to go to the top of the mountain.
We left this am and went to the Royal Gorge Bridge. It was so overcast this morning and had some rain so we weren't sure what we could see, but it did clear up enough to have a wonderful day! We felt "hugged" again that we had that spot of the day that was so nice.
A view of the bridge
We drove across and also walked across the bridge. We could feel it giving as the cars and people walked. We were surprised they allowed people and vehicles to go at the same time.
We even rode the incline railway to the bottom of the gorge. The one guy said he feels like a horse because they put us in a cage and closed the doors.

2 comments:

Marlene said...

Still looks like you are having a good time. we are putting up with the storm-Fay. We are getting alot of rain and the winds have really picked up. The eye of the storm is 81 south of Melbourne. It should be here later this evening. We have most everything put away outside. Winds south of us around 65 mile an hour.

Melglo said...

Hang on guys!! We have been watching the news about Fay. Sure hope it doesn't do any harm your way!