Goodbye to our Discovery Lodge Hotel, and its Canada Geese.

A long drive for Ian through Colerado, the city of Denver seeming never ending. Once free of Denver we soon crossed into Arkansas.

Our destination Pikes Peak state park.

We encountered roadworks , love this signal with its automated stop/go flag.

The roads we find are now fully paved, on our last trip 14 years ago, the roads were terrifyingly gravel.

The stunning views across the surrounding countryside, first viewed by US Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike who gave his name to the mountain, the first european American to document the peak.

Natives have long used the peak to navigate and have their own names for it.

We met some long horned sheep along the way who would not turn around for their photo opportunity, oh well, bottoms up!

The air is 40% less oxygenated at the peak, It doesn't take long for an odd bout of dizzyness.

Recently the US army Geologists discovered the peak had grown to it's new height of 4302.31 metres. Actually the mountain hadn't grown but the system of measuring had become more efficient. Using "Geoid" a representation of the earth determining sea level, several other Colorado features received boosts to their heights

The summit offered the most spectacular views and after taking in the best of them, we made our careful voyage down.

Time to move on to tonights stop in Buena Vista, we arrived late so after a shower we ventured out for dinner at The Jade Garden Restaurant, just a few moments from "home".

We are staying in a tiny cabin in a side street in downtown Buena Vista, we will take some pics tomorrow.

Goodnight dear reader, thank you for following us xxx