Ashley wanted to go shopping, to which the rest of us were like, HUH?! Well, can't blame her because she's been to Colorado so many times and seen everything already.
So the 3 of us just set off by ourselves.
First stop, the famous Royal Gorge where the Arkansas river flows through.
But of course, what's an unforgettable vacation without something going wrong right?
We got "lost"- sort off.
Blame it on the stupid deceiving signs.
Instead of driving to the Royal Gorge itself, we saw a sign telling us to turn into XXX street to get there. And there was even another sign a few streets past street XXX telling us that we had gone too far and needed to turn back. So we turned in and all we saw was a train and a park. But no gorge anywhere. Hmm... We called Amy and she said "just walk through the gate". Hmm, no gate leh... And there was suppose to be this train ride, which we thought was this train ride, but Amy was referring to the kiddy train ride outside of the real place.
Well we asked around and found out that the place was only for people who wanted to take a 3 hour ride to the Royal Gorge on the train, and that the real Royal Gorge was 8 more miles down the road. Cheh!
Anyway, after the slight delay and 8 more miles of driving, we finally found the real place (and "the gate"). It was so fun! We rode the World's most incline train (45 degree incline) to the bottom of the gorge and back. The Gorge was gigantic and very majestic. I felt so insignificant.
Then we rode the aerial tram over the gorge (quite scary. After this, Singapore cable car doesn't seem that scary anymore), and walked around a bit.
Ate a delicious Fluff Cake (er, I think that's the name), watched a film about how the tourists attractions came to be, and took pictures with non- hunted-and-stuffed elks, bisons and deer.Yes, that's the rear end of a buffalo (I think it's a buffalo). I cuold not resist taking it!
Then we bravely walked across the World's Highest Suspended Bridge. And can I say it was SCARY! Especially because the wind was blowing very strongly and you could feel the bridge shake slightly with every gust.
Urgh!
But we made it- YEAH!
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