Garden of the Gods

Even though is was only a 45 mile drive from the lake to Manitou Springs, it was a lovely drive through gorges and canyons made up of red rocks and boulders.  Our Garden of the Gods RV Resort is only one mile from the Garden of the Gods Park which is owned and run by the city of Colorado Springs and is free for all to visit.

There are numerous naturally occurring rock structures in this 3 mile long park with many walking paths weaving in an around the rocks.  Most of the roads are marked with bike lanes and there are lots of pullouts for picture taking opportunities.  We stopped at the most popular areas where we watched young folks rock climbing.  Many rocks are named like Kissing Camels, Gray Rock, Sleeping Giant, the Three Graces, and the Pulpit Rock.  The Balanced Rock was at one of the entrance/exits.

Around supper time we walked around Old Town Colorado Springs looking for a good dining place and settled on an okay Italian restaurant.