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drooling over the sparkling collection of new and pre-owned Porsches. Porsche of Colorado also saw to it that we were fed and hydrated with a tasty happy hour.
damaged. Quick work brought the park and the bridge back to life, and now it is once again open to all.
Departing Royal Gorge, our band of Porsches headed north on a circular route. For an hour we explored deep valleys and virgin meadows. Our only stop was not planned. Our group had become spread out. So that the stragglers could catch up,we paused in the village of Guffy, an enclave of log cabins and friendly residents. Here, collections of antique
tools, wagon wheels, rusted out 1930’s trucks and cars and some very creative pieces of art were discovered.
To wrap up our driving activities for the weekend, Sunday was a quick jaunt to the nearby Garden of the Gods.
Photos by:
JIM RAND
FRED QUINTANA
Saturday morning our cavalcade made its way to the world renowned Royal Gorge, just
an hour’s drive south of the Antlers. As with the run up to
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The club travels the windswept chasm of the Royal Gorge
the top of Pikes Peak, we had
a private, escorted drive across the suspension bridge. Once across we circled around, drove back to the bridge, then halted on the bridge, 956 feet above
the Arkansas river. Talk about a photo op! Sadly, approximately four years ago, a wild fire destroyed all but one of the 50 buildings in this area of the park. Even the wooden boards making up the bridges’ planking were
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