Thursday, 7 May 2014
We started out going to ride the Pike's Peak Cog Train which is a cog wheel climbing a rail in the middle of the track for steep hills, going up it pulls and going down it act as a brake. It is the same system designed by the Swiss for the train in Queenstown, Tasmania. I,ll try to find the photos we took there. I't been cloudy and threatening rain all day and when we arrived at the train station it started hailing. They announced that the train would not be going to the top today because it was snowing on the upper part of the mountain. We rescheduled for tomorrow.
We drove through Old Town, Colorado Springs and enjoyed looking at the ancient buildings and the preservation of them and afterwards stopped at The Mason Jar Restaurant for lunch. We had a great Buffalo Burger and grilled Fresh Rocky Mountain Rainbow Trout.
Later, we enjoyed the Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame. Nita is an avid fan of bull riding and I must admit I have also gotten hooked on it. It takes a lot of "Grit"to get on a raging , live bull and try to ride it for 8 seconds. The bull will twist and turn rapidly trying to throw the rider off and will try to attack him afterwards. Hell, I couldn't ride the ones in the bars and their speed could be controlled. Watch it sometimes and you will see and believe what I'm saying.
Guess who?
"Miss Rodeo" of the year's dresses (white-leather)
Calf Cage
"Bodacious"-- The World's Meanest Bull
Barrelrider
On the way back to the "Boomer Bus", we stopped and took a few photos of a B-52 on display at the North Gate of the base.
It had a record number of 200 completed bombing missions and had downed four soviet mig fighter aircraft in Vietnam. It is also one of the nuclear loaded bombers that were kept in the air 24/7 during the "Cold War". How many years did that last?
Number of Missions Completed and No of AC Downed
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