Garden of the Gods
Historic Manitou Springs- Roooarrr!
And coming down from Pikes Peak on the Cog Railroad
From wikipedia:
The first draft of "America the Beautiful" was hastily jotted in a notebook during the summer of 1893, which Bates spent teaching English at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Later she remembered
"One day some of the other teachers and I decided to go on a trip to 14,000-foot Pikes Peak. We hired a prairie wagon. Near the top we had to leave the wagon and go the rest of the way on mules. I was very tired. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse."
On top of the mountain, I didn't feel so joyous- more like "tilty' from the altitude-
