Paradise awaits outdoor enthusiasts at Manitou Springs mountain community in Colorado Springs. The magical town lies between the Gods of the Garden and Pikes Peak. This outdoor recreation paradise allows extreme mountain bikers to hit the trails at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, provides water enthusiasts with the Arkansas River for rafting, and fishermen can drop a line at the North Slope Recreation Area.
Check out the stars at Stargazers Theatre in Colorado Springs. The intimate theater seats 500 attendees, providing the perfect setting to sit back and enjoy live entertainment, film festivals, events, seminars and private parties. Indie folk band Paper Bird, the winner of "The Last Comic Standing" Josh Blue, and the 2011 Indy Music Awards are set to hit the stage.
Yee-haw! It's time for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, a long-standing Colorado Springs tradition. The western celebration kicks off with a downtown parade and rounds up with the nation's finest cowboys and cowgirls competing in non-stop rodeo action from bull riding to barrel racing.
There's something brewing at Phantom Canyon Brewing Co., located in the historic Cheyenne Building in downtown Colorado Springs. Spend a night out with friends tasting the brewmaster's finest ales that impress even the most discriminating beer connoisseurs and play billiards in the upstairs Billiard Hall awarded "Best Place to Shoot Pool".