Hello All!
We made day 6 our hardest hike of the trip. Barr Trail is one of the two trails you can take up to Pikes Peak. It is also the trail you would take down after climbing the Manitou Incline. Since The Incline is closed, we decided to take the trail up to the Incline Summit to eat lunch and then hike it back down. Barr Trail takes a longer amount of time to climb, but it’s just because it’s very windy. We had a blast enjoying the views and talking about our last time on the trail. I’m not in as good of shape as I was the last time, but still enjoyed it. During our time we found the bailing off point for The Incline. This is about 2/3 of the way up and is for people who got in over their head and need to get off and not try to keep going up to the very top. I don’t even remember this section when we climbed the Incline two years ago. When we got to this point, there were no signs saying it was closed and no one manning the entrance. We discussed it for a few minutes and then decided to break the rules and go up it anyway. There were at least 7-10 other people on the Incline when we started and we saw many more on our way up. While we didn't climb the whole thing this trip, we at least got on it and made it up the 1000 remaining stairs to reach the Summit.
Here are a couple shots of the amazing views we got to experience.
After four total hours of hiking we made it back to the truck and headed back to the Airbnb for showers and some epsom salt baths. Haha. Those are definitely enjoyable after such a long trek.
For dinner we decided to just look on Google at the highest rated restaurants and found a Mexican restaurant that sounded so good! It’s called Mi Mexico Restaurant and we’d highly suggest checking it out if you’re ever in the area. We also picked out our dessert while we were out from i-Cool Thai Rolled Ice Cream. Another very delicious place to check out! They even give you unlimited toppings. 🎉🎉
Our movie of the evening was The Half Of It on Netflix. We both really enjoyed it and I’d suggest you check out the trailer, if it sounds good to you then definitely give it a watch! 5/6 movies have been hits this trip. That’s a great percentage if you ask me. 😃👍
Healthy Lifestyle Wins: We ate a decent breakfast and lunch today. We drank a TON of water and even ended our hike with some Gatorade. We also hiked for 4 hours. Lol. I'd call that a win!
One more full day in Colorado Springs...looking forward to the adventures the day has in store for us.
Until my next post, take care and stay safe!
~Deanna~
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