There's a place nearby called the incline. It used to be a railway that went straight up the side of a mountain 100 years ago, but now its just railroad ties forming steps up a very steep side of a mountain. People climb it because it's a really good workout. Tyler has done it a couple of times for PT, but it was the first time for Rachel and Andrew!
Rachel taking it one step at a time (with some random guy next to her)
Baby Andrew slept until about 3/4 of the way up
It's a nice view of the Manitou Springs area!
It took 1 hour and 9 minutes but we made it to the top! (Tyler's head is washed out, but Andrew's face was too cute to not include this picture)
Fun pose on the way back down
Scenic pose on the way back down
On the way back down, Andrew started getting fussy because he was hungry. You take a different trail down than up, so we climbed a ways off the trail and fed him. Additionally, we only paid for 2 hours of parking and were at about 2.5 hours and weren't even half way down! Tyler had to run the second half down to add more time to the meter.
It was a little bit of an ordeal but it was cute looking down at this little guy's face the whole time!
