Ten Coolest Small Towns

Manitou Springs, our mountain town next door has made CNN's "10 coolest small towns" piece.

When my sister saw Manitou in the dead of February - sunny, icy, with great snowy peaks looming above - she fell in instant love. She loved the funky Victorian town huddled at the base of the mountain with its mountain creek rushing through - its Victorian houses clinging to steep slopes, its galleries, and restaurants, and the place where the hundreds of deranged people sing "America the Beautiful" before running the annual marathon up and down Pike's Peak.

So do I.

Manitou runs into Old Colorado City which runs into downtown Colorado Springs and the Garden of the Gods.

All wonderful places to explore.