Anyone Been to PikesPeak as a Tourist

red rocks park
old manitou
Olympic training center
cheyenne mountain drive
Lots to do in Colo Springs.
Cripple creek is relatively close if your into gold rush towns and gambling.
Denver museum of nature and science is amazing! But it's in Denver.
I 25 sucks! Try to not be on the I during rush hour times.

Pikes peak will be cold. Bring cloths. Leave early so you have time to kick around the mountain. When you get above timberline, stop at the big fields of rocks and dirt, you can find great quartz crystals just laying around. Sometimes you can find amazonite and a few other minerals but a lot of quartz crystals.
The many marmots you will see above treeline are edible and taste great. They were a delicacy of the mountain men as I am to understand. 2 week season on them during October.
If yal find problems in Colorado, I'm about 2 hours away from Colo springs. My family lives down there in the springs. Pm me if you have any questions about the state or have trouble while here.