greetings from cañon city colorado i'm sharing our complete one day travel
guide to the best things to do eat and see in cañon city and royal gorge area of colorado
we are so excited to be here in cañon city and we have so many things we're going to be doing
so the first thing we're doing is taking the royal gorge train ride which weaves in
and out of a thousand-foot deep gorge and we're taking the morning train ride which is at 9:15.
and right next to the royal gorge train is this really pretty park it has a beautiful river this
pretty bridge lots of walking trails really cool to come walk around here it's right by the train
the royal gorge train ride is approximately two hours long there are a few different classes of
service coach class club or deluxe class and dome seating we booked the club deluxe class
which is middle class seating and tickets were $89 per person it has more of a relaxed table
seating with large windows a full bar and is a bit more geared towards adults only
all classes of service are able to access the open-air cards right so i got a mimosa
a cinnamon roll vince got a green chili burrito and a beer looks good
all right i just tried vince's burrito that is like
it's like one of the best burritos this is all really really good and we're moving you
can get up and go in and out of the open air cars as much as you want the trains run
right along the arkansas river deep into the gorge we saw the royal gorge bridge from below
whitewater rafters and had a perfect ride with amazing views weaving in and out of the canyon
so fun cheers
all right we just finished the royal gorge train awesome definitely our favorite training we've
done yet right exactly yeah yeah we've done so this is our third train here in colorado and
they are all so fun and they're also unique but i i feel like this one might have tipped it just a
little bit a little bit further so definitely a must do if you're in canyon city but now we are
at our next stop we are at the royal gorge bridge all right so we are at the bridge and total total
bummer um the gondolas were struck by lightning and they're waiting at a bunch of parts in order
to um get it moving again because they have to inspect everything so just happened last week
colorado thing yeah struck by lightning seriously part of the admission is to do the gondola but
they're not working so you still pay full price even to do the other stuff so i'm pretty bummed
about that but this is the highest bridge in the usa so you got to do it general mission to walk
the bridge was $27 per person they also have zip lining a sky coaster and other attractions
for additional charges although we can take the gondola ride standing almost a thousand feet above
the gorge and arkansas river on the highest bridge in america was a really really neat experience
so there's cracks like in between the boards here
oh don't look down you guys don't look down you're scared of heights like i am i'll give you the the
willies all right so we're all down at the bridge area really really cool to see that from above
because you know we took the train down saw it from the below and now from above really cool
experience like i said totally bummed we can do the gondolas because that's what we were really
really looking forward to doing so now we are just up the road from the royal bridge area at
the elkhorn picnic area this is a really pretty area for more overlooks of the bridge if for some
reason the gondola isn't open or if you're not interested in doing any of the zip lining or
anything and you don't want to pay an entrance fee just to walk on the bridge you can always
see the bridge from like the parking lot and then other viewpoints like this picnic area and it's
free there's just a small little hike from the main road to get to the viewpoints of the royal
gorge bridge we even got lucky and saw the rail gorge train come through deep down in the gorge
all right you guys so we are back down in cañon city and now we're gonna do a few little hikes
here so the first one we're gonna hit up quick is tunnel drive which i think if you did the entire
stretch it's maybe right under four miles however we're not doing the whole thing we just want to
see the tunnels and i know those are not too far down the hikes so i figured it'd be kind of cool
to go take a little afternoon walk here and go check out the tunnels on tunnel drive the first
tunnel was about 0.2 miles up the trail there were three tunnels total with lots of pretty scenic
views along the way the last tunnel was about 0.5 miles up the trail so round trip we did about
one mile all together so we just exited the last tunnel here and this trail just goes right along
the gorge along the river here's the train tracks beautiful little hiking trail here it's good thing
we came out here i don't know if you see it but there's a sheep right above the tunnel look at him
wow beautiful oh there's a whole bunch of them on top laying down look at that all right so we're
on our next little hike and we are in the temple canyon area which is right outside of
canyon city so we are at the temple canyon trailhead for the redemption trail that's
where we're hiking because there's kind of a little hidden gem i kind of found online
so i want to go check it out and see if what i saw is real so let's go take a little hike
we found it you guys so roughly about a half mile up the redemption trail it's kind of hard
to see because we had to pull up our map to kind of see where we were um keep your eye out to the
left there is a slot canyon and we're gonna enter it right now i don't really know if there's much
for slot canyons in colorado so when i read about this i was like i have to go see this
wow check it you guys colorado's slot canyon totally reminds us of swat canyons we hiked in
like utah but it's colorado so this is even more exciting and just for a quick reference so the
trail is like right over here and then you cross this deep wash like this and the trail keeps going
up so just know it's like just to the left a tiny bit you'll kind of see this and then that's where
you enter to get into the slot we are on main street here in canyon city what a cute little main
street here we're seeing so many murals everywhere a really cool thing about this mural so canyon
city is where all colorado license plates are made and the mountain's on their license plate that
is the peak of fremont mountain here in canada city so pretty cool this is where it's started
these hikes made us hungry so it's time to go eat there are so many
cute restaurants to choose from on main street and there's even a few
breweries but we were craving pizza so we decided to check out pizza madness
all right we got the barbecue special pizza so it has barbecue sauce chicken pineapple and onion it
looks so good serbia yeah guys pizza was amazing that was really really good pizza that barbecue
special highly recommend hit it up if you're in the cañon city so we saw ice cream right
down the street so we're definitely going to go hit that up all right cheers with our ice cream
and our last stop here in cañon city is a scenic drive called skyline drive and this drive brings
you up and you get some really pretty scenic views of canyon city and all the mountains around
so excited to take this little drive skyline drive is a 2.6 mile one-way road that follows the top of
razorback ridge the panoramic views from the top are gorgeous and there's even a hiking path you
can climb to get even higher for even more aerial views of cañon city wow you guys this is beautiful
and that's a wrap here on our one full day in cañon city colorado wow so we're still
up here on skyline drive and just soaking these views up this is so beautiful up here and so we're
here in the evening it's probably about like six o'clock and the sun is behind us which i think
is so perfect for this drive because you it just lights up all of cañon city these mountains like
everything so highly recommend an evening drive up here so i hope you guys enjoyed this vlog and
found it helpful as you plan your trip to canyon city if you have any questions of course comment
down below so with that said we're going to say adios to cañon city even though i'm not ready
to leave i could totally stay here another day and explore more i know we'll be back that's for
sure and thank you guys so much for watching we'll see you guys in my next vlog bye guys