The Royal Gorge

Last weekend, me and my ghost hunting buddies decided to take the weekend and head down to Canon City to search for ghosts at the Prison Museum. There will be a ghost update later when I have pictures. Matt took pics of all of us. I didn't. I'll tell you why later.

But while we were down there, we decided to do some sight seeing.

The sight seeing actually started on the drive down. Ben and I carpooled, thankfully because I doubt seriously my car would get us there, and we were gibber-jabbering, we...kinda missed our exit. Of course, since I was the co-pilot, that made me the navigator, so since were lost, I was to blame. *snorting laugh* So I told him to turn around and we'd catch the exit. We were only a few miles past it, like, I don't know, 12? That sounds reasonable, right?

He decided no.

Nooooooooooo. Seriously?

We were headed down to Pueblo and he said we'd just hook up with Highway 50 down there.

Now, I've lived there before. I know what's down there. It's barren as all get out, so I was not excited about this new development. I looked at the map and began frantically searching for a short cut that would take us somewhere OTHER than Pueblo. And I found it! It was fantastic. We got to see a lot of landscape rocks, tractor dealers, dirt, cacti, and...*licking lips and glancing at ceiling* patches of green grass. Folks, if you've never been to Pueblo, Colorado, this is what it looks like.

Oh, yeah. Not what you picture when you hear the word "Colorado", is it? No. This state is very diverse and there are other places that are far more beautiful. Flat, barren, and the patches of green were around, like, one house in an entire housing development. It was fabulous.

Our real sight seeing was the Royal Gorge, though and the dinosaur museum. Oh, yes, Canon City (the prison city) has a dinosaur museum. LOL! Here's what the beautiful Royal Gorge is like.

Now, you might think that I would take pictures of myself and the wonderful people with me. No. THIS is what I took pictures of...

Can you see a theme here? Yeah. Ben and Matt were making fun of me. Other people were taking pictures of the majesty of the canyon. I was taking pictures of ridiculously old telephone poles. *nods*

But we had a fanTAStically great time!