Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Royal Gorge Bridge






This is the largest free standing bridge in the country. You can walk across and they even let you drive across. We were on the bridge walking when people were driving and it feels pretty shakey. You can also feel the bridge moving when the wind blows. This is at the bottom by the Arkansas River that is in the gorge. They have an incline car that you ride down the side of the cliff.










Tyler and me at the bottom of the incline tracks. We had to cut off the very top to get us in the picture.
















View from tram on your way down. You can barely see the river.




We got WAY more that we expected! We went on the 31st because I had read in a magazine early that week that it was 1/2price to Freemont County residents in May. We both got in for $23 and the kids were free. That is what is nice about living somewhere for only a summer. You feel like you have to take advantage of it while you live there. It makes you a little more willing to spend money. Anyway, we thought that you just got to see the bridge. We knew there were other attractions but did not know until we got there that they were all included in the ticket. Allie looked at Brandon and I at one point and said, "I am having fun guys!" And we did. We rode a carousel, visited their petting zoo, rode burros, rode the incline car, rode the ariel tram across the canyon and ate a very yummy funnel cake. Those things are SOOOO good!








The ariel tram.



















Brandon, Allie and Tyler on the bridge by the AZ flag. They have all the states represented.






Allie on Priscilla. Sorry about how far away the picture is. I was with Tyler.
Tyler on Nellie. He loved the ride.

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