Summit of pike street. The mountain that inspired the song, america the beautiful. For as long as people have lived in this area, pikes peak has been a marketing tool. We have used it to identify this location. Pikes peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. It is the first 14,000 Foot Mountain that you reach one coming west across the plains. So it is a beacon in many ways people who are traveling towards the mountains. I remember many times growing in the mid west and knowing that youre almost there with you start to see pikes peak in the distance. You can see it from 100 or more it is east of here and so this thing that just pulls you in as you are coming west. Right now, we are at Crystal Reservoir on the pikes peak highway. We are about 9500 feet in perhaps one of the best views in the world. In 1779, when Thomas Jefferson and others were declaring independence, this area was spanish and in 1779, Spanish Colonial forces came within a few miles of where we are now exploring the a
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