{"id":2374,"date":"2013-07-24T00:25:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2013-07-24T00:37:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:37:27","slug":"colorado-discoveries-7-pikes-peak-cog-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/07\/colorado-discoveries-7-pikes-peak-cog-railway.html","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Discoveries 7: Pike’s Peak Cog Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In case you’re wondering, yes, the air is VERY thin up there! I don’t know why I wasn’t wearing my jacket. I had one with me.<\/p><\/div>\n

On July 10th my mom brought the boys to Colorado for us. They were staying in West Virginia so they wouldn’t have to endure the pain of the four-day westward drive.<\/p>\n

I think they would have been okay on the long drive, but only because they would have been immersed in DVDs and their Nintendo DSs.<\/p>\n

We got tickets for the Pike’s Peak Cog Railway<\/a> during the weekend my mom stayed with us. It’s a great way for anyone to get up to the top of one of Colorado’s “Fourteeners<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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This was Jennifer, our tour guide. She was entertaining and knowledgeable.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Boarding the train.<\/p><\/div>\n

The trips up and down the mountain are each about 90 minutes, give or take depending on the time spent at the switches so the upward and downward trains can pass each other.<\/p>\n

The scenery is absolutely stunning and Jennifer did a great job discussing the trees, flowers, geologic features, and animals we would see on the train.<\/p>\n

Some notes about the Pike’s Peak Cog Railway:<\/p>\n