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Pike's Peak or Bust

Posted 06-24-2013 at 09:12 PM by bocotim

Tags colorado springs, manitou springs, mueller state park, pike's peak

This weekend's Airstream outing landed us atop Pike's Peak for breathtaking views of Colorado scenery. We boarded a bright red cog railway car in Manitou Springs and enjoyed the hour and 15 minute ride through a ponderosa pine forest, along mountain streams, past pristine mountain lakes, and across boulder fields inhabited by marmots and mountain goats. More photos/blog here.

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Winter Camping in the Shadow of Pike's Peak

Posted 02-26-2012 at 07:17 PM by bocotim

Tags airstream, mueller state park, pike's peak

On a whim and with a nice weekend forecast, we packed the camper after work and headed out to Mueller State Park for our first real winter camping experience in an Airstream. It was about a two and a half hour drive to our destination, so we arrived under starry skies well after dark around 10 p.m.

The campground was completely empty. Apparently we were the only people in the entire Denver and Colorado Springs metro areas that thought camping in the middle of February at 9500...

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