Road Log

• We started out at 7:30 a.m. from our home location of Castle Rock, Colorado and traveled south on I-25 for 40.7 miles.
• We exited onto US Highway 24 (exit 141) and headed west toward Manitou Springs/Pikes Peak.
• We turned left onto Highway 24 (Cimarron Street) and followed Highway 24 for 3.1 miles.
• We turned right onto Ridge Road.
• We then turned left onto W Colorado Ave/Highway 24.
• We ended at our first location, Garden of the Gods, 3704 W Colorado Ave, in Colorado Springs, at 8:20 a.m.
  (Total approximate driving time: 50 minutes. Total estimated distance: 45.40 miles)
  
• We then resumed our trip at 10:30 a.m., leaving the Garden of the Gods, and headed east on W Colorado Ave/Highway 24.
• We turned right onto Ridge Road.
• Then we turned left onto US-24 E and followed for 2.8 miles.
• We then turned right onto S 8th Street and went 1.9 miles.
• We turned right onto W Cheyenne Blvd and travelled for 1.6 miles.
• W Cheyenne Blvd then became Cheyenne Canyon Road S and we travelled for another mile.
• Then we ended at Seven Falls, in Colorado Springs, at 10:46 a.m.
  (Total approximate driving time: 16 minutes. Total estimated distance: 7.88 miles)
  
• We then resumed our trip at 11:30 a.m., leaving Seven Falls and heading northeast on S Cheyenne Canyon Road toward Mesa Avenue for 0.7 miles.
• We turned left onto Cheyenne Canyon Road (S Cheyenne Canyon Road) which then became W Cheyenne Blvd. and followed it right at the fork.
• We turned left onto 8th Street and followed for 1.9 miles.
• Then we turned left onto W Cimarron Street/Highway 24 and followed it for 4.8 miles.
• Following the signs, we found Cave of the Winds, in Manitou Springs, at 11:50 a.m.
  (Total approximate driving time: 20 minutes. Total estimated distance: 9.91 miles)
  
• We then resumed our trip at 4:00 p.m. (taking a break to eat lunch), leaving Cave of the Winds and heading west on Highway 24 toward Fountain Avenue for 21 miles.
• We turned left on Lower Twin Rock Road (Twin Rocks Road/County Road 42) and followed that for 5.7 miles.
• We turned left again on Cripple Creek-Florissant Road (County Road 1) and followed the signs until we arrived at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument at 4:35 p.m.
  (Total approximate driving time: 35 minutes. Total estimated distance: 27.64 miles)