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[Jock]

Helping my brother guard the place…

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Even wondered where those letters went?  Right here!  Answered by the man himself!

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Santa even has his own chapel…

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Suddenly I want a Coke!

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Time to fly like an angel towards my next destination.

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As I fly over to my next stop I can see the red rock formations in a distance that were created during a geological upheaval millions of years ago.

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The area now known as Garden of the Gods was first called Red Rock Corral by the Europeans.  Then, in August 1859, two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City explored the site.  One of the surveyors, M. S. Beach, suggested that it would be a "capital place for a beer garden".  His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, "Beer Garden!  Why, it is a fit place for the Gods to assemble. We will call it the Garden of the Gods."

I think I like the “Beer Garden” idea myself!

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As you enter into the park you are mesmerized by the rock formations such a Balanced Rock.  Balanced Rock was formed as erosive processes removed softer layers near its base, eventually leaving the precarious-looking formation seen today.

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The Gateway Rocks, Three Graces, and other outcroppings are sedimentary layers that had been pushed up vertically.  Yes there is technical rock climbing here too.

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Take it in…

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There are 21 miles of trails.

The main trail in the park, the 1.5-mile Perkins Central Garden Trail, is paved and wheelchair-accessible, running "through the heart of the park's largest and most scenic red rocks".

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Ready to go?

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With toothpick arms of steel I can hold up this rock with one finger!

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Time to depart this spiritual location and head back to the home base of Manitou Springs for some custard.

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I “bearly” escaped the claws of these wild animals but I did.