On Sunday, March 10th, 2025, I left Houston at 5:45am to drive to Colorado
Springs, Colorado. My destination was life-long friend Michael Flaherty's house
to be guest to him and his wife Christine before going on a fun ski-trip with
Mike and another great life-long friend Myk Thornton.
Michael is Radiologist and
works at different hospital systems mostly remotely where I timed my arrival for
10pm on Sunday evening to be there as he finished his shift. The drive up
was pleasant and actually a nice change of pace for me as I am usually a very
busy with my position at work along with evening time with my wife Genia and
researching for
BiblicalThoughts.org.
On Tuesday, March 12th, Myk Thornton, coming from Grand Junction CO, met us
in Salda, Co for lunch. We all then drove to our lodging at 14654 Cr 162
Nathrop, CO 81236 at a very nice two-story farm house with gorgeous views of the
mountains and horse farms surrounding it. The farm house was also
conveniently located near Monarch Ski Resort, nice little towns to visit in the
evening along with the Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort about two miles from
the lodging.
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Monday, March 11th -
Garden of the Gods,
Bishops Castle,
Pueblo and Edelweis German Restaurant |
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Garden of the Gods |
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Morning coffee
time at Michael and Christine's house which has a beautiful view from
the mountain to the city. |
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Walking into the Garden of the Gods |
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Plaque on the
rock formation about Garden of the Gods |
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Grazing
mountain sheep photo 1 |
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Grazing
mountain sheep photo 2 |
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Keith along
one of the trail systems in the park |
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One of the
majestic walking paths |
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View of sign
about Pike's Peak that can be seen from Garden of the Gods |
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Bishops Castle |
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Outside of
Bishops Castle about to walk in |
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Directly in
front of the Castle |
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Mike standing
in the open area of the second floor |
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A view of the
ceiling architecture |
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Pueblo - Bingo Burger for lunch |
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Outside of the
famous restaurant |
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Murals of
Hollywood historical people |
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Inside of
Bingo's a framed poster about the city of Pueblo, Co |
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Edelweis German Restaurant for dinner |
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Keith,
Christine and Mike |
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Tuesday, March 12th - Farm House Lodging
and Buena Vista, CO |
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Morning |
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Mountain Deer
near the road on the trip from Colorado Springs to Salda. CO |
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The Farm House |
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Mike and Myk
in the morning before heading to Monarch Ski Resort |
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View from the
Farm House to the east with cattle and horses and sunrise |
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Dinner at Eddyline Brewery Restaurant in Buena Vista |
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Outside of
Restaurant |
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Mike, Myk and
Keith at Eddyline's Restaurant |
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Walk at
Whitewater Park |
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Wednesday, March 13th -
Monarch Ski Resort
and Buena Vista, CO |
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Drive to Monarch Ski Resort |
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At the
entrance of Monarch Ski Resort |
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At the
ski-lifts |
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Mike on his
ski bike at the top of the mountain |
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Keith on his
ski bike at the top of the mountain |
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Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort |
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View of the
resort from Resort's website |
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Another view
of the resort from website |
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Driving up
after skiing all day |
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View of the stream that goes through the resort with very hot side pool
areas |
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Walking across
the bridge over the stream to the other side of large hot pools.
We stayed in one pool area that was 112 degrees Fahrenheit talking
with some interesting people. |
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Dinner was back in Buena Vista at a Quincy's Steak and Spirits
Restaurant |
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Thursday, March 13th -
Monarch Ski Resort
and Buena Vista, CO |
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Mike on his
ski-bike |
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Keith, Mike
and Myk grabbing lunch at the mountain |
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Friday, March 14th |
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Drive home |