8 Aug 08 - Colorado vacation - day 3

the 3rd day of our vacation, we went to the Royal Gorge... something we hadn't done before. What a treat!! there is so much to do that you can spend a whole day there.



Cady & I


Sherri Lynn & I about a third of the way across the bridge... knees were shaking.


George, Cady & I at the Kansas flag on the bridge... he thought he'd be funny and try and shake the bridge...


John, Sherri & Kailie by the Missouri flag on the bridge.


view through the gaps in the bridge... long way down there


ok.... I have to say that this is the craziest thing I've ever seen done.... but Kailie wanted to do this rip-cord thing out over the gorge... and John was a good dad and went with her....


being hoisted up into the air.... WAY up in the air...


and away they go.... listen closely at the end of the video.... love John's comment...






beautiful to be up as high as the birds fly....


in line to take the tram across the gorge


on the tram....


John taking pics out the tram window


view below without the zoom.... that huge train looks like a little worm.


waiting our turn to get on the incline railway...


going down the incline railway... steep ride


at the bottom of the gorge... Reeves & Brissett families


very interesting.... the pipeline is still visable across the river.


view of the bridge from the bottom of the gorge... scary to note the large gaps visable in the pic on the right.


and yet... we drive across.....


coming back from Royal Gorge we ran into some light showers and beautiful rainbows.


below is the link to our online vacation album......

2008 Colorado Vacation