There's something a bit wild about living up here. Taking this curvy mountain road home in the mornings makes us feel so ... free.
On the way up, you will see these historical place markers:
Can you see Kansas way out there?
On most days we swear it's so clear that we can see Kansas! By staring out there for a long time we can pick out the water tower in Security, landmarks downtown, and the bran new monolithic hospital on the far northeast side of "The Springs" (what we locals call Colorado Springs).
It rarely ever happens here, but one particularly foggy morning we left work as the sun was rising and looked down from our curvy mountain road to see this:
Quite a sight!! The clouds covering The Springs looked like they were boiling the people down there alive! Judging by their grumpy foggy-morning attitudes, I knew that not many of them realized there was a blue sky just a thousand feet above them.
Just one of the benefits of working nights and living on a mountain, I suppose. ;)
Now, driving down Crystal Park Road at night on our way to work is "like driving through space" to borrow my husband's description. Indeed, the view at night will be tricky to catch with my camera but it's something I plan to attempt.
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