Colorado: Manitou Springs and Pikes Peak
There are a few ways to reach the top of Pikes Peak including walking and driving but we decided to take the more sedate journey to the 14,110 ft peak on the cog railway.
Alabama: Birmingham, Vulcan Park
On our journey through Alabama we called into Birmingham. One thing that had captured our imagination was the Vulcan Park, which is based around a large cast iron statue of the Roman God Vulcan (god of fire and forge). At 56 feet this is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and was built for the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis to demonstrate Birmingham’s iron industry.
