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#1 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Joe A., Amanda and Holt arrive at the summit of Pikes Peak in Joe's 2025 Lucid Air Turing EV that he got about a week ago to replace his aging 2017 Tesla Model S.
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#2 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Joe A., Amanda and Holt at the official summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115 ft. altitude.
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#3 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt, Amanda and Joe A. take a selfie on he summit of Pikes Peak with it's spectacular view. Just over Joe's head to the right in the flat area is part of the City of Colorado Springs.
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#4 - Sept. 29, 2024 - On the sandy hill in the center, you can see part of the Pikes Peak Highway, the road they drove up to get to the summit.
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#5 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Another spectacular view from the summit. You can see the yellow as the Aspen Trees start to turn for the Fall.
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#6 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Another spectacular view from the summit. You can see the yellow as the Aspen Trees start to turn for the Fall.
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#7 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Another spectacular view from the summit. You can see the yellow as the Aspen Trees start to turn for the Fall and part of the City of Colorado Springs in the flat area.
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#8 - Sept. 29, 2024 - A zoomed in view of the City of Colorado Springs in the flat area.
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#9 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Down below you can see the red rocks of Garden of the Gods, just up about a mile on 30th Street from Joe A., Amanda and Holt's house to the right.
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#10 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The viewing patio and the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center on the right.
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#11 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The viewing patio looking down to part of the Pikes Peak Highway.
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#12 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Looking down to part of the Pikes Peak Highway.
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#14 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Looking down to part of the Pikes Peak Highway and in the foreground is the bronze plaque commemorating General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, whom the mountain is named after..
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#15 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The bronze plaque commemorating General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, whom the mountain is named after.. The plaque says: "In recognition of the notable career of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Soldier - Explorer. The people of Colorado have placed this tablet on the summit of the Great Mountain first seen by Pike November 15, 1806. General Pike was born at Lamberton, now Trenton, New Jersey, January 5, 1779, died April 27, 1813, after a victorious attack on York, later Toronto, Canada. Buried at Madison Barracks, New York. This tablet commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Pike's Southwestern Expedition."
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#16 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The bronze plaque on the summit of Pikes Peak, "America's Mountain", commemorating the writing of the poem, "America the Beautiful", in 1893 by Katherine Lee Bates (1859-1929), who was inspired by the view from the summit. The poem later became the lyrics of the eponymous song.
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#17 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt and Amanda resting on the rocks beneath the Cog Railway stop with the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center opened in June 2021.
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#18 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt resting on the rocks beneath the Cog Railway stop with the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center on the left.
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#19 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Viewers on the deck of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center opened in June 2021..
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#20 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Viewers on the deck of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center on the right.
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#21 - Sept. 29, 2024 - On the roof of the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center - quoth the raven: "Nevermore!".
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#22 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt and Amanda in front of the lower level of the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center.
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#23 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt and Amanda entering the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center.
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#24 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt enjoying the uniquely tasting famous Pikes Peak Summit Donut in the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center. The donuts first started cranking out in 1888, when the summit house was a weather station and have been a special feature ever since..
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#25 - Sept. 29, 2024 - On their way out of the Visitor Center at 1:00pm, Joe A. noticed this monitor which is showing images, in a continuous loop, of cars and people arriving on the summit throughout the day. They just happened to catch it as it was showing their arrival in the Lucid car (in the center) earlier in the day at 11:51am!
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#26 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Outside the Visitor Center again, another spectacular view from the summit. You can see the yellow as the Aspen Trees start to turn for the Fall. On the right, that is Crystal Lake Reservoir that they will stop at on the way down the mountain.
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#27 - Sept. 29, 2024 - In front of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway tracks. Notice the rack of cogs in the center between the rails, which prevent the train from slipping down the steep climb. On the right, that is Crystal Lake Reservoir that they will stop at on the way down the mountain.
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#28 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Another spectacular view from the summit. You can see the yellow as the Aspen Trees start to turn for the Fall. Down blow in the flat area is the City of Colorado Springs.
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#29 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Joe A. with camera at the ready.
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#30 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt giving Dada. some lovin'.
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#31 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt giving Momma. some lovin'.
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#32 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Amanda, Holt and Joe A. selfie with the Cog Railway and Colorado Springs behind.
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#33 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway train making its way up and a part of the Pikes Peak Highway to the right..
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#34 - Sept. 29, 2024 - A zoomed shot of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway train making its way up and a part of the Pikes Peak Highway to the right..
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#35 - Sept. 29, 2024 - A further zoomed shot of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway train making its way up and a part of the Pikes Peak Highway to the right..
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#36 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The final leg of Cog Railway train making its way up.
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#37 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Almost there!
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#38 - Sept. 29, 2024 - You can make it, you can make it...
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#39 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Finally the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway train makes it to the platform station at the summit of Pikes Peak.
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#40 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Finally the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway train makes it to the platform station at the summit of Pikes Peak.
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#41 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Above the ridge to the left, you can see the red rocks of Garden of the Gods.
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#42 - Sept. 29, 2024 - People walking on a rock outcropping at the summit. Above the ridge center, you can see the red rocks of Garden of the Gods.
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#43 - Sept. 29, 2024 - The Cog railway platform staion and the Visitor Center observation deck on the upper left.
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#44 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Looking at other peaks of the Rocky Mountains from the summit of Pikes Peak.
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#45 - Sept. 29, 2024 - This appears to be looking Southwest from the summit of Pikes Peak at the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, formerly and historically the Cresson Mine, an active gold mine located near the town of Victor, CO in the Cripple Creek mining districts. Sadly, our last view from the summit.
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#46 - Sept. 29, 2024 - On the way down the Pikes Peak Highway from the summit , they stopped to view the Crystal Lake Reservoir. The large mountain on the left is Pikes Peak, from which they just drove down, a very different look from this angle.
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#47 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Holt playing on the shore of the Crystal Lake Reservoir. The large mountain on the left is Pikes Peak, from which they just drove down, a very different look from this angle.
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#48 - Sept. 29, 2024 - Amanda, Holt and Joe A. on the shore of the Crystal Lake Reservoir on their way down the Pikes Peak Highway from the Pikes Peak summit. The large mountain on the left (now almost in the clouds) is Pikes Peak, from which they just drove down, a very different look from this angle.
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