Royal Gorge Bridge Park

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Full time RV living allows for such great opportunities to work and visit beautiful locations. We recently had the opportunity to be back in Colorado. We took our RV home to Canon City. A must visit place was the Royal Gorge Bridge Park!

We were in the area to teach a morning business session during RV Mobile Academy’s 5-day RV maintenance tech course. It is a class designed for RVers to help them better understand their RV and how to fix it when things go wrong.

Royal Gorge Bridge Park

When you visit the Royal Gorge Bridge Park you get a pass for two days. We were unable to go again the next day so the folks at the park were gracious enough to allow us to visit again a few days later by validating our pass for the week. Admission is $26 for the two-day pass, but given the facility and the number of things you can do while visiting the Royal Gorge Bridge, it is well worth the money. Plus, those monies go towards keeping the place beautiful and maintained!

We started our visit to the park by taking the new gondola that takes you across the gorge to the other side where there are several attractions to enjoy. They have the world’s scariest Skycoaster, the Plaza Theater, the Tommy Knocker Playland, the Elk Park Amphitheater, Eateries, and Spectacular Views.

There is lots of history at the Royal Gorge Bridge Park! There is a short movie that is played all day long at the Plaza Theater. It charts the history of the Gorge, how it was developed and the story of the bridge.

Most people don’t realize the Canon City wildfire of 2013 mostly destroyed the Royal Gorge Bridge Park, except for the bridge and a few structures. Most structures in the park were destroyed as well as the gondola and the incline railway.

So, in 2013 the rebuilding began! Everything has been rebuilt, new structures now stand where old ones were destroyed, and the park has been greatly improved. It is very modern and a very comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the beauty of the Colorado landscape.

We really enjoyed walking the bridge due to the views and beauty of the Royal Gorge! In our two days visiting the park, we saw the bridge at many different times of the day and during different weather conditions. The second day we were there the winds were gusting to 30 mph and made for an exciting walk across the bridge. It was much like walking on a cruise ship. Check out this video!

Did you see the bridge move and sway in the wind? Suspension bridges are designed to do so. It really freaks people out when they first see this for the first time and experience the sensation while walking across the bridge.

From a high viewpoint structure on the other side of the bridge, we caught a beautiful view on the second day we visited the park.

We found our visit to the Royal Gorge Bridge Park very relaxing! It is a beautiful place to walk around, play on some of the attractions, and enjoy the incredible views that exist in the Colorado Rockies! Come enjoy it for yourselves.