Colorado Springs

Elspode · 01-10-2014, 07:56 PM

Tree Fae and I managed to eke out a few days in October to visit some friends of ours in The Springs...people who treated us like we were in a four star hotel. Here's a few pics.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

Elspode · 01-10-2014, 07:56 PM

Sorry about the manky links, but I'm out of practice with Cellar posting ways.

Elspode · 01-10-2014, 07:59 PM

The third link is a shot of Aaron and Valerie Smith, our amazing hosts. Aaron is an artist non pareil, and Valerie is a pharmacist who, were she any more hawt, would melt gelatin capsules as she tried to fill them.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-10-2014, 08:47 PM

Wants me to sign in... not going to happen.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:21 PM

I believe I've changed the whole folder to Public now. Let me know if it still doesn't work and I'll fix it. I was too lazy to try and downsize them last night, and I have all this unused free web storage space...

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:39 PM

So, the linkage didn't work as I'd hoped, so let me post a few more as singles so I can interpret.

Interpretation of the first post is as follows:

The first link is a panorama of The Garden of the Gods

The second link is a panorama of The Garden of the Gods, but from the Western side of the Kissing Camels formation, which is center in the first image.

Third image is, as mentioned, our hosts, Aaron and Valerie.

Fourth image is a panorama overlooking Cripple Creek.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:41 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

This shot shows our hosts and Tree Fae amongst the gloriously golden Fall Aspens.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:44 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

Kissing Camels in Garden of the Gods, zoomed in. TF says she doesn't see kissing camels when she looks at it.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:46 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

My single favorite shot of the whole trip. Dismayed Aspen leaf is dismayed.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:49 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

This is the shot that makes up one of the panels of the Garden of the Gods panorama. See the black looking trees in the canyon at center right? They're black because they burned in the Summer of 2012 during the Colorado Springs front range fires. The one pictured here burned all the way Northward up that canyon, and burned down the famous Flying W Ranch, a place I remember fondly both from my youth, and from when Selene and I took our kids there in the 90's.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:51 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

This is Pike's Peak...as seen from Aaron and Valerie's driveway. This view does not suck.

Elspode · 01-11-2014, 09:54 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

Finally, a shot of Pike's Peak from just Northwest of the peak itself, a little ways outside of Divide, Colorado. This was taken the day after the previous pic from Aaron's driveay, showing how much snow clothed the peak overnight.

sexobon · 01-12-2014, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

... This is Pike's Peak...as seen from Aaron and Valerie's driveway. This view does not suck.

I woud visit with relatives and stay for a few days. When I got up in the mornings and looked out through the living room window at Pike's Peak my uncle would say: "Yep, it's still there."

Did you stop in at the ANA Money Museum?

Griff · 01-12-2014, 08:16 AM

Cool shots!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2014, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing

My single favorite shot of the whole trip. Dismayed Aspen leaf is dismayed.

No, it's not.

01-10-2014, 07:56 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Colorado Springs Tree Fae and I managed to eke out a few days in October to visit some friends of ours in The Springs...people who treated us like we were in a four star hotel. Here's a few pics. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-10-2014, 07:56 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Sorry about the manky links, but I'm out of practice with Cellar posting ways. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-10-2014, 07:59 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The third link is a shot of Aaron and Valerie Smith, our amazing hosts. Aaron is an artist non pareil, and Valerie is a pharmacist who, were she any more hawt, would melt gelatin capsules as she tried to fill them. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-10-2014, 08:47 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wants me to sign in... not going to happen. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-11-2014, 09:21 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I believe I've changed the whole folder to Public now. Let me know if it still doesn't work and I'll fix it. I was too lazy to try and downsize them last night, and I have all this unused free web storage space... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:39 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	So, the linkage didn't work as I'd hoped, so let me post a few more as singles so I can interpret. Interpretation of the first post is as follows: The first link is a panorama of The Garden of the Gods The second link is a panorama of The Garden of the Gods, but from the Western side of the Kissing Camels formation, which is center in the first image. Third image is, as mentioned, our hosts, Aaron and Valerie. Fourth image is a panorama overlooking Cripple Creek. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:41 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing This shot shows our hosts and Tree Fae amongst the gloriously golden Fall Aspens. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:44 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing Kissing Camels in Garden of the Gods, zoomed in. TF says she doesn't see kissing camels when she looks at it. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:46 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing My single favorite shot of the whole trip. Dismayed Aspen leaf is dismayed. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:49 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing This is the shot that makes up one of the panels of the Garden of the Gods panorama. See the black looking trees in the canyon at center right? They're black because they burned in the Summer of 2012 during the Colorado Springs front range fires. The one pictured here burned all the way Northward up that canyon, and burned down the famous Flying W Ranch, a place I remember fondly both from my youth, and from when Selene and I took our kids there in the 90's. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:51 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing This is Pike's Peak...as seen from Aaron and Valerie's driveway. This view does not suck. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-11-2014, 09:54 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp...it?usp=sharing Finally, a shot of Pike's Peak from just Northwest of the peak itself, a little ways outside of Divide, Colorado. This was taken the day after the previous pic from Aaron's driveay, showing how much snow clothed the peak overnight. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-12-2014, 08:16 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cool shots! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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