A little information about Royal Gorge
This was one of my first views of the bridge.
While waiting for the tram gates to open to board this was the bridge view.
This is looking from the top down the canyon Royal Gordge crosses.
This is looking down the cables the tram will traverse.
One of a series of shots riding the tram across.
This was taken when the tram was near the mid point crossing the gorge.
I watched the tram return to the side I started from.
I found the trunk of this tree in the wildlife area interesting.
Outside of the animal pens there were some flowers blooming.
There were few flowers as large as these yellow ones which were slightly larger than a quarter.
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep resting in the shade.
They had around a half dozen buffalo also resting wherever there was shade.
Mule drawn wagon rides were available at no extra charge.
Poor mules didn't have much shade to rest in hitched, wish I'd had a couple of carrots for them.
While there were horseback rides available this wasn't the stable they used but part of the ghost town buildings.
You'd need to hike up this trail to get to the real stables.
The catus were in bloom while I was there.
They had most of the buildings you woulld have expected to find in a frontier town.
While I doubt you'd have found many mines in town there was a mine entrace there as well.
Including a mining sluice to separate gold flakes from dirt.
No that isn't part of the stables, instead what looks like a corral was the undertaker's yard.
There was a covered wagon parked on main street without the critters to pull it.
What would a frontier town be without a saloon?
After leaving the ghost town I walked across the Royal Gorge bridge, cars entered here with the pedestrians.
It doesn't look all that far across the bridge here.
Maybe this gives a better prespective?
Seems that at least one person has bungie jumped off the bridge - no thanks.
I can't image dropping a line more than 1,100 ft down to the Arkansas River.
It doesn't look like more than 1,100 ft in this photo.
Almost across and looking down the bridge support.
I don't know what these small white flowers are but I found them after crossing the bridge back to where I had parked.
This is one of the steam trains that used to be on the railroad line.
