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Family fun on the Candy Cane Coaster at the North Pole/ Santa’s Workshop.


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1. North Pole/Santa’s Workshop


2. Cliff Dwellings 3. Ghost Town 4. Buffalo Bill’s Grave 5. Tiny Town


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6. Royal Gorge Bridge and Park


7. Colorado Gators Reptile Park


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North Pole/Santa’s Workshop 5050 Pikes Peak Hwy, Cascade. 719-684-9432, www.santas-colo.com


One of the fi rst things you look for while head- ing west on U.S. 24 from Limon is Pikes Peak. And along the way, you also see a series of bill- boards picturing Santa. The two are related, because on the road to the peak is a Christmas- themed amusement park. The North Pole/Santa’s Workshop opened


in 1956. Children who visited then have since brought their own children and grandchil- dren. This is a place for family tradition, with


Christmas-themed rides for children 12 and younger. “When we fi rst opened, we didn’t have any


rides,” says owner Tom Haggard. “Now we have 27 of them. There’s no video games, no TV, no electronics. Just families enjoying each other.”


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Cliff Dwellings 10 Cliff Dwellings Rd., Manitou Springs. 800-354-9971, www.cliffdwellingsmuseum.com


It’s true, the ancestral Puebloan people (also called Anasazi) likely never lived in Manitou


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