We were on the 8 a.m. cog railroad car up to the top of Pike's Peak Thursday and were seated across from two women in town from Minnesota. Introductions and a little small talk led to one of the women's saying, "I know someone whose son plays football at Dartmouth." And that's how we got chatting for a bit about junior receiver/slash quarterback Timmy McManus ;-)
Speaking of Pike's Peak, here's the view from our cog railway car on the way up to the summit. The irony is that we've now ridden the cog railroad to Pike's Peak twice and still haven't ridden the only other cog railroad in the country once. You know, the one up New Hampshire's own Mount Washington!
After descending from the mountain we headed to the Air Force Academy to take a look around. We were familiar with the well-known Academy chapel from the outside but surprised at how inspiring – and beautiful – it is inside.
And finally, back to a little football. From the chapel we headed to another shrine, the Air Force football stadium. Here's a picture of a sign that greets visiting teams as they head onto the field. Ah, the power of suggestions ...
Not much else to post today because I've found the world's second slowest internet connection (trailing only ours on Moose Mountain). Of course this one is at a campground ;-)For a story in our local paper about the first day of new Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim, click here.
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