Our Family Trip to Colorado and Iowa<br>Rocky Mountain National Park, Pikes Peak, Royal Gorge, Cripple Creek, Florrisant<br> and Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa<br>June 14-29, 1994

Our Family Trip to Colorado and Iowa
Rocky Mountain National Park, Pikes Peak, Royal Gorge, Cripple Creek, Florrisant
and Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa
June 14-29, 1994

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Introduction

In June 1994, the three of us plus our dog, Fluffy, take a family trip to Colorado, one of our most favorite places to visit on our many vacations since 1972. This was the first time for Joe A. (and Fluffy).

We drove from our home in Central New York towing our Jayco pop-up camper. Our first stop was the wonderfully scenic Rocky Mountain National Park in Northern Colorado. We then drove down to Colorado Springs to take the Pikes Peak Cog Railway to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115 feet altitude. We then drove further South to see the Royal Gorge Bridge in Canon City, Colorado. Then up North again to visit Cripple Creek, an historical gold mining (now gambling) town, then to the Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florrisant, Colorado.

On our drive home we stopped in Dyersville, Iowa to see the actual Field of Dreams from the movie and Joe A. and Joe R. "had a catch".

Cathy & Joe R.

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#1 - June 14, 1994 - Longs Peak (highest in RMNP at 14,256 ft.) Joe R., Joe A. and Cathy in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#2 - June 16, 1994 - Joe R. sleeping in our hammock at our campsite in Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#3 - June 16, 1994 - Joe A. laying in our hammock at our campsite in Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#4 - June 16, 1994 - Joe A. laying in our hammock with Fluffy at our campsite in Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#5 - June 17, 1994 - Fluffy, Joe A. and Cathy, with Longs Peak in the background, at our campsite in Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#6 - June 18, 1994 - Joe A. and Joe R. on trail to Alberta Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#7 - June 18, 1994 - Cathy and Joe R. on trail to Alberta Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#8 - June 19, 1994 - Tree we witnessed from the Moraine Park Discovery Center (about 1/4 mile away) being hit by lightning on the road to Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#9 - June 19, 1994 - Tree we witnessed from the Moraine Park Discovery Center (about 1/4 mile away) being hit by lightning on the road to Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.

#10 - September 29, 1999 - Back to the Future - Same tree 5 years later!

#11 - May 17, 2023 - Back to the Future again - Same tree 29 years later! As we are driving along Moraine Park, on the left we spot what remains of a tree that we (Cathy, Joe R. and Joe A.) witnessed from the Moraine Park Discovery Center (about 1/4 mile away) being hit by lightning.and splitting 29 years ago on June 19, 1994 when we were vacationing in RMNP from our then home in Central New York!

#12 - May 17. 2025 - Back to the Future dejavu all over again - Same tree (above Cathy's head) 31 years later!

#13 - June 22, 1994 - Cathy and Joe A. on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway heading up to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115 ft.

#14 - June 22, 1994 - Cathy and Joe A. on the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115 ft. with the plaque honoring Kathy Lee Bates, the author of the America the Beautiful poem, which she wrote being inspired by the view from the summit.

#15 - June 23, 1994 - Joe A. and Cathy on the Royal Gorge Bridge 1,053 ft. above the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado. The cables supporting the bridge were made at Rome Cable Company in Rome, New York, Cathy's home town.

#16 - June 23, 1994 - Joe A. and Cathy on the Royal Gorge Bridge 1,053 ft. above the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado. The cables supporting the bridge were made at Rome Cable Company in Rome, New York, Cathy's home town.

#17 - June 23, 1994 - Cathy and Joe A. on the Royal Gorge Bridge 1,053 ft. above the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado. The cables suspending the bridge were made at Rome Cable Company in Rome, New York, Cathy's home town.

#18 - June 23, 1994 - Joe A. on the Royal Gorge Bridge 1,053 ft. above the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado.

#19 - June 23, 1994 - Joe A. and Joe R. in the center of the Royal Gorge Bridge 1,053 ft. above the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado. The cables behind the railing were made at Rome Cable Company in Rome, New York, Cathy's home town.

#20 - June 24, 1994 - Cathy and Joe R. in Cripple Creek, Colorado

#21 - June 24, 1994 - Joe R. and Joe A. in Cripple Creek, Colorado

#22 - June 25, 1994 - Joe A. in front of petrified Sequoia stumps in Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florrisant,, Colorado

#23 - June 25, 1994 - Cathy and Joe A. in front of the largest petrified Sequoia stump 30 ft. in circumference in Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florrisant,, Colorado

#24 - June 29, 1994 - Joe A. and Cathy on the original bleachers from the movie "Field of Dreams" with the original farmhouse behind in Dyersville, Iowa.

#25 - une 29, 1994 - Joe R., Joe A. and Cathy on the original bleachers from the movie "Field of Dreams" with the original farmhouse behind in Dyersville, Iowa.

#26 - June 29, 1994 - Joe R. pitching to Joe A. at bat on the original baseball field from the movie "Field of Dreams" with the original bleachers and farmhouse behind in Dyersville, Iowa.

#27 - June 29, 1994 - Joe A. at bat on the original baseball field from the movie "Field of Dreams" with the original bleachers and farmhouse behind in Dyersville, Iowa.

#28 - June 29, 1994 - Joe A. at bat on the original baseball field from the movie "Field of Dreams" with the original farmhouse behind in Dyersville, Iowa.

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