The Gorge

 A couple of days after Christmas, Brandon and I went on his Christmas present- a winter ride down in the Royal Gorge in Canon City (west of Colorado Springs). No snow but there was some cool ice sheets to look at. What looks like water froth on the edges of the river in the pic of Brandon to the right, is actually ice. In some areas the ice sheets were stuck to plants and the water had dropped a full foot below it. Which was cool.

 Here was the narrowest part of the gorge- only 30 feet wide at the bottom where there was no ledge for tracks. Consequently this 'hanging bridge' was installed to suspend the tracks. This was the only time that we ventured out to the open car. It was freezing!

Above you can see the suspension bridge that crosses the canyon at the top. The is some sort of small amusement park on one side of it and you have to pay even to walk on the bridge. We thought this was a better view, so we didn't shell out the cash. 

Nice little 2 hour winter jaunt.