This year we spent our summer vacation in the Colorado mountains. Beautiful views, cool temperatures, trees and streams. A recipe for a great time except for the altitude. Damon is not a fan of heights and this trip happened to be full of them. He is such a trooper though and tagged along with Sidney and me on the Pike's Peak Cog and most of the Seven Falls climb. Here is a pic of Damon and Sid on top of Pike's Peak. You can just see New Mexico in the distance. Damon is smiling because his eyes are closed.
I asked Damon to take a picture of Sid and me on the edge. When we got to the spot I looked up and saw Damon on his hands and knees with his arm covering his face and bracing the camera for the picture. An old man next to him was about to call the EMT's for help. 
As we were coming back down on the cog Damon said, "When the conductor said we could see Kansas...that was one of the worst moments of my life!"Here is Damon half way up Seven Falls. It is 224 steps to get to the top and gorgeous waterfalls all the way.
This is how much further we had to climb to get to the top.
Damon decided to wait at the bottom.
He was very brave the whole trip but he's insisting that next year our family vacation be to someplace less vertical.
1 comment:
Love this post! I always forget about Damon's issues with heights... then I remember Enchanted Rock! :) Way to be a trooper Damon!
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