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A lovely morning walk
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A very interesting visit to the Celestial Seasonings facility. All 80-some varities are package here, and only here.
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A young shopper in training by two experts
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Trap the ball, then kick it.
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Practicing her corner kick
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A "goal" during practice
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Kathleen's team played VERY hard as shown here by another team member.
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Kathleen as goalie during the second half
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The Denver McLanes
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The girls lookin' good!
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Chris takes his hand at using my camera
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Approaching Pike's Peak
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Pike's Peak railroad
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On the cog railway, headed up.
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The trees are vertical, the window post gves some indication of our grade which was, at times, 25%
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Still below the tree line. Colorado Springs in the distance.
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One of the mountain lakes, supplying water the Colorado Springs.
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An old work cabin, some 200 feet below the top.
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There was too much snow and ice at the top to permit us to walk around but we did enjoy the view, for a few minutes, from the train.
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We stop on the way down to stretch our legs.
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Cindy examines the cog rail on a work siding.
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I was amazed at the wear on the uphill side of each tooth. The engineer said these cog rails have to be replaced every 8 ~ 10 years.
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