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A quaint town with mountains overlooking them. The stores and the crowd in this town were at their charming best. Surprisingly, we found that the town folk here are crazy about arcade games, playing those games was certainly a blast from the past.
No HDR applied to this image either.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1905)
Manitou Springs has been attracting visitors since the 1880's. Sandwiched between Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods, there are also numerous mineral springs scattered around town.
Manitou Penny Arcade - it's a wonderful place, if you're ever in the area you should check it out. It has a boardwalk feel; it's partially outdoors and has tons of old and new arcade games. Some of the games seem to got back to 40's and 50's.
Spring 2009 Fiberglass repair on Manitou rudder. The new rudder post installed by Henry H. Smith Inc. with a solid stainless plug. Fiberglass work done by Don Kapit of ASI.
The solid stainless plug is inside the lower tube on the rudder post and inside the new upper tube. The plug extends down into the lower tube about 8" and is pinned just below the tab, on this side, connected to the rudder internal frame. The plug extendes into the upper tube about 3" above the top of the rudder fiberglass. It is also pinned. The tubes are welded together and the pins are welded to the tube.
Manitou Springs, CO.
(Cross-view stereograph. Best viewed large.)
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Manitou Springs, CO
The Anasazi built cliff dwellings before the 13th century. One of the oldest of the important cliff dwellings, Keet Seel, was originally inhabited around 950. Redesigned in 1272 to include 160 rooms, it is the second largest cliff dwelling. The largest is Mesa Verde's Cliff Palace.
During the 13th century, for reasons that are still debated, the Ancient Ones focused almost exclusively on cliff dwellings. In a single 100-year period, they built and occupied most of the existing cliff-side structures that have captivated modern viewers. Some archeologists suggest that, by living in the canyons rather than on the mesas, the Anasazi made more land available for cultivation in a century that saw two major droughts. Others believe that cliff dwellings were built as protection against some unidentified enemy.
Cliff dwellings are not the only Anasazi architectural structures that invite our curiosity, awe and interest. Especially in the Mesa Verde and Northern San Juan Basin areas, the Old Ones built round, square and D-shaped towers several stories tall, apparently intended for non-residential use. One of the possible uses of these towers was for communications. Messages could be transmitted by a communications technician using a mica "mirror" to reflect the sun and signal from the top of a tower to a technician on a tower in a nearby village. Some modern scientists and native elders suggest that towers were also used for astronomical observations. Following the appearance of Haley's Comet in 1066 and solar eclipses in 1076 and 1097, five astronomical observatories were built at Chaco. Many others were built elsewhere in the Four Corners Area.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1905)
Manitou Springs has been attracting visitors since the 1880's. Sandwiched between Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods, there are also numerous mineral springs scattered around town.
Herberg Building (1908)
Manitou Springs has been attracting visitors since the 1880's. Sandwiched between Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods, there are also numerous mineral springs scattered around town.
Shot for World Pentax Day on May 8, 2016 on my trusty Pentax K-r and an SMC Pentax DA 50mm f/1.8 during a short walk around the village.
Working ahead of the Mississagi, The Tug Manitou pulls a barge downbound on the Detroit River opposite Belle Isle.
April 20, 2013