Royal Gorge

On the third day of our honeymoon, we enjoyed a quick visit to Royal Gorge.


1053 in the air! The whole bridge is constantly bouncing and swaying softly...which makes it a bit freaky to walk, especially when you look down through the cracks between boards.


I forgot my pole anyway....sure would take a long line!!!


Riding the incline railway to the canyon floor. This picture taken with camera hanging out for a better view down than we could get from our section of train.


Looking back up the incline railway.


There is a blue (pictured above) and a red train going up and down opposite directions continually. The two tracks share the center rail and the trains can only pass in a short section where the tracks separate just enough to get by halfway down/up. It takes six minutes up or down, and they are synchronized perfectly, (I think the trains are attached to the same cable) and always pass in the wide place and stop at the opposite ends (upper or lower stations )exactly the right moment. Really neat!!


The area at the canyon floor platform above the river was packed with people. There is a railway running through the canyon beside the Arkansas River. A tour train stopped at the landing and 150 people decided to get of there and ride the incline railway up. Thus the platform was full of people waiting for a ride up. As soon as we got off, we were in line to get back on....instead of ten minutes looking around and heading back up, we stood in line for an hour.

So I took pictures of course.


Looking up at the bridge.


The train track


Daring whitewater rafters


The cable car (aerial tram, gondola, whatever you want to call it) making its way across the sky above us. Our admission ticket included a ride, but we didn't have time after waiting so long to get back up.


A self portrait while we waited in line

Thanks for your patience with our slow blogging. Blog-able time is a rare commodity. Much more fasinating reports are on the way! When I have time, that is.