Nicole, something on Facebook made me think of you.....

6 years ago

The caption said "The Incline, Manitou Springs". All I could say was "WOW", just "WOW". I'm sure you are familiar with this but I was blown away!!! It really looks like the stairway to heaven!

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6 years ago

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It's A W E S O M E ! There are sooooooooooo many good pics of it! I saw this bear walking down the street.....HUGE....BIGGEST black bear I've ever seen in person, He was photographed, later in the day, standing on the steps of the incline, it made the local evening news. ☺☺☺☺☺☺ It's a really hard hike with a false summit. I've NEVER seen clouds like those when I'm up there. That is just a F A N T A S T I C photo!

To be honest, Manitou Springs is full of pot shops now. The CBD oil signs are on every building. There are two big marijuana shops. Armed guards standing outside their shop while your nervously trying to pump gas next door. Parking issues for the crowds. Little bottles people drop on the street and white paper bags laying around. One lane streets with too many cars.

I miss the Old Manitou Springs. People "used" to say witches lived there. The two castles were haunted. An old stone mansion had a circular herb garden. There were 7 natural soda springs. FYI It has a great cemetery full of mausoleums.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
6 years ago
Manitou Springs is awesome. Well it was back when I lived in Denver. I used to love to go there. When we had visitors I would take them there and also to The Little Bear saloon and restaurant, awesome bands played there, in Evergreen, Colorado. Saw Willie there a few times.
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murraysmom Zone 6a OH
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6 years ago
Raven, so cool you are familiar with it too. Nicole, I love hearing about your experiences there. Thanks.
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6 years ago
Awesome photo!!!!!
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6 years ago
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The thing I notice most when looking at that photo, the stairs are new. The old stairs were uneven. Some stairs were 6", some 11". Old rebar stuck out of some of the railroad ties. I once heard on the local news a man had fallen, impaled his shoulder on the incline and was waiting to be rescued. The med techs took 2.5 hours to get to him.

I was once stopped and asked about the incline. I started babbling about the GREAT wild life.....you could even see bears. The woman got out of the car, her husband was driving and walked into a nearby Subway. Her husband explained she was deathly afraid of bears. They had driven hours to get here, now she refused to go. Ooops! He asked for directions to a nearby trail they could run instead. I said, "that trail is loaded with bears!" He smiled, I won't tell her. ☺

I once saw a guy pour red Koolaid all over his head and face while hiking the incline. There's no shade.

Kerma, a personal trainer, called me, said lets do the incline. She then admitted she'd run 5k, swam a dozen laps, taken a nap....and was ready to go. It was the only time I could keep up with her. ☺
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Stunning photo!
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