Special Places To Visit: Royal Gorge Bridge

   On a vacation to Colorado, Cathy and I bought tickets for a lunch train ride through the Royal Gorge.  The gorge can be visited just outside Canon City Colorado. The train ride was fantastic and the ability to move about the train was great.  We were able to have a comfortable seat for lunch and then move to an open air car to take pictures as we traveled through the gorge.  I highly recommend the train, but the special place for this blog is the Suspension bridge over the gorge and the Arkansas River.

   955 feet above the Arkansas River is one of the greatest bridges you can walk across.  The bridge spans 880 feet across and was once the largest suspension bridge in the world. As you walk across it's wooden slats you will be able to spy boats and things on the river between the spaces in the slats.  This makes a lot of people really nervous walking across the bridge and in my opinion makes people watching very funny.  I could not believe how many people were very nervous just walking across the bridge.  Some grown men even stopped part of the way across and went back, as they chickened out.

 

   For those who make it across the views are fantastic.  If you want further adventure you can also zip line across the gorge or take a tram.  The views from the bridge and from both sides are unbelievable.  I would highly recommend this tourist attraction to any person not afraid of heights.  If you are afraid of heights then I say "Get over it marshmallow!"