A week (or two) back I went down to Colorado Springs, with 
Because I am a procrastinator (and because traffic was a bit horrid), we wound up arriving at Garden of the Gods around 5pm, just in time to catch a few photos and the sun setting over a gorgeous landscape.
For those of you who have never heard of Garden of the Gods, its an absolutely free 1364 acre park nestled in the foothills of Colorado Springs.
The park, which is a registered National Natural Landmark, is renowned for its unusual geologic features of standing rocks formed from ancient sedimentary beds of red and white sandstones and limestone.
The Park has a Visitor and Nature Center which offers thirty educational exhibits and information about the history, nature and geology of the area.
A road loops around the primary rock formations, with numerous parking areas where visitors might stop to walk along paved paths in order to access the various formations. There are at least 15 miles of dirt trails suitable for hiking, climbing, biking and horseback riding, which are popular with the millions of people who visit the park each year.
However my favorite preoccupation is taking ridiculously amateur photos and enjoying the enchanting views, which the area has an abundance of.
After circling the park,
Next we drove to our final destination, The Burrowing Owl Lounge, which has been splendidly documented by several Steemians (and poorly documented by me, see below). I would just like to say that the vegetarian Sasquatchos (serious nachos with sloppy joe, slaw and chilis) was scary good yum food.
Our group of a dozen Rocky Mountain Steemians hung out to discuss economics, crypto and the trials of blogging, ate vegetarian nosh and tasted the strange microbrews, then ventured outside for a bit of sploof and moon magic.
One of our members, rebele93, is into astronomy and had put together a home made telescope. We got to see the moon up close and I learned about what all those shadows and bright spots indicated. Fun was had by all!
all photos above by torico
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