Day 39 ~ Driving to Pike's Peak

Day 39 ~ Driving to Pike’s Peak

Big driving day.  So there isn’t much to tell.  It seemed like it took a lot of time to cross very little area in Colorado.  Our destination was the KOA near Cripple Creek, CO.  This was the closest we could camp to Pike’s Peak.  We are actually ready to go home.  This is the first attraction we really don’t care if we see at this point.  Family vote = Skip it.

Colorado views from the car window on the drive to Pike's Peak:

Mining Equipment

Pike's Peak from Afar

Pike's Peak

Wild Donkeys that live in the Town of Cripple Creek
 

 

Pike’s Peak has very little significance.  Zebulon Pike didn’t even make it to the top of the mountain that he tried to climb.  It is only the highest mountain from its longitude point and east.  Woop di do.  We already saw Mount Whitney from afar at Sequoia National Park, which is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states.  Pike’s Peak has a cog railway that will take you to the top…..for 350.00 for our family.  That is only a tiny bit less money than a day at Disneyland.  These two things aren’t equal!  I thought it sounded good a few months ago, but my excitement has steadily decreased for this attraction.  Plus, we are camped on the west side of the mountain, so we have to drive to the east side (1 hour each way) to get to the access side.  I had it in my mind that we might just drive to the top of it, but I just saw there is a toll road that costs 48.00 to access the road for our family of 4……again, totally not worth it to us.  We just wish we weren’t camped in CO for two more nights because we are anxious to start our drive home. 

We have a night in a Drury Hotel in Kansas City on the way home.  The kids are really, really looking forward to a stay at our all time favorite hotel chain.  So we can’t skip that.  Otherwise we would just head home now. 

Mike spent the day on the phone with Century Link to no avail.  I got an email that said I hadn’t paid our June bill…….Of course I did.  I actually paid too much because I paid one month in advance.  Mike had changed our service a few days before we left.  It was supposed to be less money a month to get a better speed of internet.  However, when they changed it over we couldn’t get our internet to work, but that was the night before we were leaving, so we just left it.  Now we don’t have internet at home, they are trying to charge us more than we were paying before, and they aren’t acknowledging we have paid for two months instead of one.  He was transferred 7 times to different people…..ultimately; they said they couldn’t help today because their system was down.  It is always so pleasant to have to deal with large service providing companies these days.  Seriously.

Tonight it is pouring rain.  With thunderstorms and lightning.  We will probably have to pack the camper up wet on our final night because they are calling for rain all week.  Oh, well!  We are almost home. 

Tomorrow:  ?????