This weekend we took the pop-up down to Canon City and spent 2 nights camping at the Royal Gorge "Ogi Bear" (translation: Yogi Bear) campground. Saturday morning, we took a 2-hour ride on the Royal Gorge Railroad.
The scenery was gorgeous!
Interesting factoid: to build this bridge, they would drop a cable off each side of the gorge, connect them at the bottom, and then pull them taut from the top using oxen and tractors. There are 2100 cables that make up the bridge.
"Hi rafters!" (Yell this while waving wildly.) Maybe when the boys are older we'll see the gorge this way.
The weather was perfect for the open-air car, but the boys really didn't like the sound of the brakes (they were really loud) as we came back down the gorge (which is why they're hiding), so we headed back into the covered cars for most of the ride.
It was a fun little trip, with a beautiful and relaxing train ride. (And I've got to say, camping with paper plates was
the deal!)
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