Destination

<p>At an elevation of 14115 feet Pikes Peak is the southernmost of Colorado's famous Fourteeners. </p><p>The monolith of rare pink granite juts up out of the Front Range of the Rockies </p><p>seven miles west of Colorado Springs. </p><p>A natural weather maker its unmatched profile protects the city from prevailing winds and the crags often seem to reach up to snag the rain or snow-soaked clouds and hold them at bay. </p><p>Mesmerized by the way the sun played on and over the mountain−particularly at dawn and dusk−</p><p>I quickly fell into a love affair with America's Mountain.  </p><p>This book is my tribute to Colorado to Pikes Peak and to the skies above the Front Range. </p>