High-Flying Adventure / COME TO LIFE ular views of the surrounding canyon. The crushed gravel trail travels through three granite-blasted tunnels and caters to walkers, runners and bikers. The new Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience brings ancient history to life with science-focused interactive displays, full-scale dinosaur fos-sil casts and hands-on exhibits with real dinosaur fossils. Towering above the Arkansas River, the Royal Gorge Bridge (1) is America’s highest suspension bridge. Navigate the rapids beneath it on a whitewater raft trip, slide along sky-high cables with Royal Gorge ZipLine Tours or find thrills at the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park ’s attractions, including a new visitor center, the world’s longest single-span aerial gondola and the Cloudscraper Zip Line. For another scenic excursion, enjoy lunch or dinner in the glass-topped Vista Dome cars of the Royal Gorge Route Railroad (2) . Walkable downtown Cañon City has shops, restaurants, cafes and a public-art pro-gram that make a pleasant space to while away the day. The Fremont Center for the Arts (3) hosts exhibits and events exploring local arts and history. Or experience the region’s delicious apples and other local bounties at farmers’ markets and farm stores. Treasure hunters beeline to Florence , a lovely nearby town with extensive antique shopping, art galleries and specialty shops. Legends of gold rushers, agriculture pioneers and even dinosaurs abound in the region. Self-guided Fremont County Heritage Tours offer great opportunities to discov-er the history. And learn about the architecture of historic structures like the Colorado Territorial Prison on the Cañon City tour; or investigate dinosaur tracks and ancient fossils on the Skyline Drive tour. 3 2 COLORADO.COM/TRIPIDEAS COLORADO.COM / 167
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