A Restful Hike at Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Mike and I enjoy hiking. Lucky for us, we live in Colorado where there are many beautiful places to do that. 

One of our favorite places to go for short hikes is Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs. It's fairly close to us and we can do a two-hour hike and be back home on the same day. We don't have to stay overnight like we do on some of our ventures. 

On Sunday, when our hike took place, there were some cyclists navigating the hills and a few campers left from the holiday weekend. On previous hikes in the park, there were young families hiking the trails, joggers, cyclists and other older couples like us. There are 16 easy to moderate trails - nothing too difficult. The only thing that inhibited us on Sunday was the heat. It was 96 degrees up there! This is unusual; however, we still had a good time. We just sweated a lot and drank copious amounts of water for the rest of the day - during the hike and long after. 

Here is Mike:

Because the bright sunshine tends to wash out the sky, we did not take a lot of landscape shots. We did, however get some floral shots. We were about a week late on the wildflower peak, but we did find some Mariposa Lilies and some orange Butterfly Milkweed. 

Orange Butterfly Milkweed,
Photo: Alicia Gossman-Steeves

Orange Butterfly Milkweed;
Photo: Alicia Gossman-Steeves

Orange Butterfly Milkweed;
Photo: Alicia Gossman-Steeves

Mariposa Lily
Photo: Alicia Gossman-Steeves

Mariposa Lily
Photo: Alicia Gossman-Steeves

As we were walking along the Bobcat Way trail a bunny hopped out from his hiding place and stopped to pose for some pictures. He was even comfortable enough with us to scratch himself a bit. 

Photo: Mike Steeves

Photo: Mike Steeves

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Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Being out in nature like this certainly is invigorating. It helps clear the mind and reminds me of all of the beauty of God's creation. We need places like this to right ourselves against the negative things that go on in the world and in the craziness of our own lives. That is what a day of rest is all about, isn't it? 

What do you do to right yourself?