Having spent 14 of my first 17 years growing up living at the base of Pike's Peak, taking a journey up the mountain...whether by car or cog train...is not a novelty. It is, however, an important experience for anyone never having the experience, and so on this trip the goal was to take my husband John up to the summit on the cog train. A few years ago we tried to drive up the Peak, but it was too early in the year and the road was still closed to snow. So...the number one goal of this latest trip to Colorado was to make sure we took the Cog Railway up the mountain. The following are some pictures of our adventure. We took the noon train. It is very important to try to take a morning or early afternoon train, as a typical summer day in Colorado Springs brings a daily afternoon rain cloud that obscures the mountain. The afternoon showers usually develop around 2:30 p.m. or so....even though they rarely produce enough rain to amount to anything in the extremely arid climate of the E. Slope of the Rocky Mountains. 
Here we are at the summit on June 8, 2006.
This picture of John is evidence that he did eat a famous Pike's Peak donut while at the summit.
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