Raspberry Mountain and Garden of the Gods

Last hiking post, I promise! Still here in Colorado, although I'm heading up to Denver today to spend a couple days with my friend, Maddie!

On Tuesday, my dad I decided to give Raspberry Mountain another go If you're a long-time reader you might remember a certain horrible hiking experience I had a while back on the same mountain. Tennis shoes + snow and ice do not make for a fun hike. Spoiler alert: we never made it to the top. This time, however, there was no snow and I was sporting my hiking boots, so things went a lot better. The whole hike (including time at the top) only took about 2 hours and 45 minutes and it was 6.4 miles round trip. Although I was getting tired as we were climbing to the top, the view was beyond worth it. When you climb to the very top you're standing on a few boulders and you have a 360 degree view around you. Breathtaking doesn't even describe it. Gorgeous, right? Yesterday morning I headed out for a 4 mile hike around Garden of the Gods. I've been there many times before (and posted about it before ) so I'll spare you all the photos. You can see more here, here and here. Here are a few I put up on Instagram: I had a fun time hiking around and managed to not get lost this time! I also sent this lovely good morning photo to a couple friends: Cute, right? I thought so. So that's all on Colorado Springs!   What's one of the best views you've seen? Where is your favorite vacation place? What are you up to this weekend?!