Moving in

We moved into an apartment in the north end of town up by Mall of the Bluffs. It was on Morningsun Drive. Such a lovely name for a little street than runs along the backside of the Mall.
Anyway, our living room window had an unobstructed view of Pike's Peak. Elevation 14,110.


I know 14,000 ft is pretty big but, when you realize that you are looking at it from about 6300 ft. it loses some of it's grandeur. Granted I may be a little prejudiced for mountains that I grew up with.

Growing up in Western Washington we were graced with the presence of several large mountains in the Cascade Range. These Mountains are huge. Mt. Shuksan is elevation 9127 ft.



Mt. Baker is 10,778 ft.

Mt. Rainier is 14,441 ft.

All three of these mountains are viewed from sea level. Pretty awesome!

I do have to admit though, there is nothing like seeing the sun rise on the Front Range. In this picture we see Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak with Garden of the Gods. It's after sun rise sometime and does not capture the full effect but, you get the idea.