The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-24

your wraps till 1T gets cold. we |
could now see the summit show
ing above the clouds and as we
neared the last water tank about |
1000 feet from the top, cold fog
like cloud enveloped the train.
Mountain girls entered the car at
this water station with baskets
full of little sweet smelling
mountain "for-g -nots
which the lady passengers readily
bought. This flower soon willis
when taken down to the lowland
Not a sprig of grass or verbiage
of any kind could now be seen
The tops of the different peaks
were covered with masses Of great
rocks which we're probably turned
up at some ancient time by a
terrible eruption. We all gave a
cheer as the summit house and
United States observatory on the
top of Pixies Peak came into
sight. No one in the car seemed
affected by the great altitude
which ID If, AT feet above the sea
level at the summit house. All
were so interested in the place
that probably few thought of the
high altitude. If you tried to
exert yourself by running about
you would be reminded of the
altitude by the short breaths you
could not overcome. A story on
the Peak is that one man made n
wager with another that he could
run fifty yards at that height,
and upon his trial to do so, fell
to the ground exhausted when he
had not gone near that far.
The day had been rainy one
on Pixies Peak and we were
called unfortunate in selecting
such day for our trip, but one
can tell nothing of what kind of
weather is going on at the sum-
nit when it is bright and sun
shiny in the lowland. The
United States observatory is u
tower Is feet in height on the
Peak top. In the summit house
Pixies Peak curios of every
description and every price can
be obtained. The highest tele-
graph station in the world is
! located in this house and regular
rates are charged. Many of us
used this method of letting rela'
tives and friends know when we
. had arrived at the summit. There
is lunch counter and restaurant
, in one part of the building where
we could get goat milk and
umph, pie.
! When we we're through with the
, inside of the station most of the
party went outside i'll the clouds
to wait and see if the big vel
would lift as all view from TIN
; summit was shut off and we wer
3 only allowed 45 minutes to re
a main on top, when the odd look
8 ing train would start on it's down
3 ward trip,
Sure enough tor one brie
4 moment, the great curtain y
Il clouds lifted. And what
e moment that was. The fit
i passengers stood awe stricken a
0 they looked on the grandes
mountain scenery ever painted b
t the hand of Nature. Far in tn
v distance, mingling with the sky
9 so that no horizon could be seer
r was the rolling prairie lookin
It like some endless blue sea. w
Q could see where three cities were
Colorado Springs, Colorado Cit
o and Manitou, but hardly a sig
l. of the places could be detected
It Away to the north and south wei
g blue ranges of mountains. ia
a below us and to the norVh W
e could see the lightning playing i
q thunderstorm and at our yer
u feet, thousands of feet below, We
le Lake Broadmoor, looking like
l. tiny mirror. On every hand wei
~ great bare topped peaks, CROWN
a larger and larger as they neare
a the master peak. We were
10 high looking down on the rest
3 the world, that, as Govern'
i Taylor says of the mountains
le Tennessee, we could tickle ii
or feet of the angels" Just for OF
b. short moment did this beautif
he sight last, when the great curtaj
Y, of clouds shut out our view. Al
a those clouds were cold too.
to After buying a few curios al
ne taking some pictures, 1T was tlr
to come off our perch and in Of
le hour and forty-five minutes
ed were back in Manitou, 1t TAX
ut about two hours and a half
ed make the ascent, showing NJ
70. much faster the train goes dow
One of the popular trips
n Pike's Peak is at 2'45 eve
81 IrrlureIov morning when the Z