{"id":8901,"date":"2022-07-16T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/?p=8901"},"modified":"2022-07-31T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:44:19","slug":"manitou-springs-morning-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2022\/07\/16\/manitou-springs-morning-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitou Springs morning walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8910\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200001-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200001-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200001.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>As I had mentioned in a prior post, we wanted to come back to walk around Manitou Springs some morning.\u00a0\u00a0 Today was the day.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of touristy shops and restaurants and nice <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8914\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200005-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200005-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200005.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>parks, and surprisingly lots of springs plumbed right into buildings or rocks on the side of the road.\u00a0 Some a bit ornate, others just look like they grew there.\u00a0 There were a few signs that explained the mineral content of each spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8916\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200007-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200007-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200007-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200007.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8915\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200006-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200006-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200006-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200006.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8918\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200009-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200009-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200009-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200009.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-8917\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200008-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200008-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200008.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8913\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200004-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200004-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200004.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>We walked uphill on the shady sidewalk till Kathy said she could go no more..\u00a0 Then we went back down the other side of the narrow roadway, with cars and buses heading up the <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8920\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200011-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200011-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200011-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200011.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>hill to the cog railway station, till we were done shopping and found a place to get lunch on the patio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8912\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200003-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200003-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200003.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-8911\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200002-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200002-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ManitouSprings202200002.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>July 16th 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I had mentioned in a prior post, we wanted to come back to walk around Manitou Springs some morning.\u00a0\u00a0 Today was the day.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of touristy shops and restaurants and nice parks, and surprisingly lots of springs plumbed right into buildings or rocks on the side of the road.\u00a0 Some a bit ornate, others &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2022\/07\/16\/manitou-springs-morning-walk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Manitou Springs morning walk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places-to-go","category-venturing-out-and-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}