Garden of the Gods - Colorado Springs

Deb and I had a Saturday morning free, so we decided to day trip to Colorado Springs (70 miles South of Denver) to have a nice breakfast and visit to the Garden of the Gods. 

The outstanding geologic features of the park are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink, and white sandstones, conglomerates, and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and Pikes Peak. Erosion and glaciation of the rock, created the present rock formations. Evidence of past ages; ancient seas, eroded remains of ancestral mountain ranges, sandy beaches and great sand dune fields can be seen in the rocks.

The rock formations that form Garden of the Gods are also prevalent in the ridges and hogbacks around Roxborough Park where we be living, and a little farther North at the famous concert venue, Red Rocks Amphitheater. 

Here's a picture of Pike's Peak, one of the Colorado "Fourteeners" and a place that Deb and I would like to visit soon. There's a tie to Roxborough Park here too, since Roxborough Park backs on the Pike National Forest.