we headed down the road to our first adventure, the Royal Gorge Bridge - constructed in 1929 @ $350k, $100k over budget
it was the worlds highest suspension bridge (until 2001); it is still the highest in the USA.
It has a length of 1,260' long and 18' wide, 1,262 boards, 1,053' above the Arkansas River
photos from the river are from a trip 10 years ago - none of us went down to the bottom this year
Royal Gorge Promotional Video
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we had to call ahead before we arrived - so Security would be ready for us.
They had us park and stage in the bus drop-off lane
Doug had booked a special exception with the park to drive across the bridge, now closed to auto traffic since the fire of 2013 - only pedestrians traffic now
Glenda & Mary opted to not ride across - they volunteered to take photos so they rode across in a golf cart to the far side - then back later
While they were waiting on us to drive across, they saw the wild mountain goat
crickety creak pop went the wooden bridge boards as we drove across
A few additional photos (36)
once on the other side, we turned around, then came back down towards the bridge for our return drive
different view coming across each way
...and the boards made the same sounds
Video coming soon - come back and see it
the Ranger escorted us to Lot B and they shuttled us down via Golf Cart
...plenty of good photo opportunities
it seems like a long bridge when you stand back and look at it
too funny
we rode the Gondolas across to the other side
...some rode it back
1,095 feet from the bridge down to the water
...it sure looks further down than that!
the majority of us decided to walk back across the bridge
group photo with the larger group - some turned around and went back to the gondolas
the group that walked the bridge
it was an on-your-own lunch today - some opted for the BBQ on this side of the bridge & others the Cafe at the visitors center side of the bridge
hey ...we know those people - they are part of our cruise group
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