sunrise in Garden of The Gods
This is one of my favorite spots in Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is located between Colorado Springs and Historical Manitou Springs off of Hwy 24. There is no fees to go through the park and its opened all year around. Peaceful Spiritual surroundings with an amazing abundance of wildlife. It feels like you stepped back in time to when the dinosaurs roamed the earth or Bedrock in the cartoon the "FlintStones". You'll always find new things to explore in the park like caves and crevices or unexplored paths and unusual rock formations in bright red orange and stark white colors. The huge white rock formations that per-trued from the earths crust have a luminous glow in the moonlight. It really is a special place to visit any time of the year day or night and well worth a trip. The old trading post is now a wonderful gift shop with all kinds of handmade native and local artisan treasures and they also serve food and refreshments and tasty treats. Some of the many activities you can do in the park are bicycling, hiking, nature walks, bird watching, photography, moonlight star gazing walks, horseback riding, rock climbing, picnics, jeep & segway tours and educational tours you can schedule at the visitor center. Be sure to stop by the visitors center & nature center to see a great display of historical information and artifacts and exhibits other historical sites in the park. I hope you get to enjoy this magical place as much as I do and like my blog.
Trading Post ( gift shop & food)
The Three Graces
Here is some historical background information links
http://gardenofgods.com/
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/garden-gods-sacred-ground-and-native-american-crossroads-006988