It Was an "E" Ticket Ride!

After a few locals recommended it, we decided to take the ride up on Skyline Drive.  We were told there were pretty impressive views so we thought, "What the heck?"  Little did I know it would be one 'hari kari' drive.

The drive starts off passing through this beautiful stone arched entrance.  Looks pretty innocuous, doesn't it?

We started the drive up the hill/mountain and it was great.  The driver's side (Gary) was against the hillside and my side was facing the view of the opposite hill across the highway so I had great photo opportunities.

We kept climbing and started to see wonderful views of Canon City and the surrounding hillsides.

In the photo below you can see Highway 50 below (left side, lower corner).

Then we got to the "E" ticket part of the ride and I was almost holding on for dear life!

This part of the one-way road goes over the highest peak and you literally have very little wiggle room on each side before you it goes straight down!  From this point (as you should be noticing) you cannot see the other (down) side of the peak!  You may or may not know that I have a fear of heights so this (and a few other choice parts of this road) did not go over well with me.  There were times I just couldn't even think about taking a picture.  It took everything out of me to take this picture because I really wanted to share the experience with all of you.

Oh, by the way, did I forget to mention that people bike over this road as well and you're supposed to share the road with bicyclists.  Really???  What were they thinking???

After this peak, you start your descent and it starts to feel a little safer.  In the photo below you can see how the road hairpin curves around during the descent.

 

Finally, almost to the bottom with Canon City spread out in front of us.  Whew!  It was a great drive, but I'm not thinking about doing it again that's for sure. 

 

It was a beautiful day and these pictures are what our days in Canon City, Colorado have been like.  Cloudy with blue skies.  We've been told that Colorado weather in this area is just like that.  Can start off beautiful in the morning, cloud up in the afternoon, it may rain for awhile, and then clear up again. 

 

We are really enjoying Colorado.  It has so much to offer for outdoor activities.  We've really just been exploring locally and will start to widen our exploration activities once the weather gets better.

 

 

Romans 8:38-39 //  For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.