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.
Tame the waters like a pro when you join the Adventure Company on a white-water rafting trip on the Colorado River. Beginners and experts can choose from more than 25 trips on four rivers like the 2-5 day "wilderness style" raft trip that includes comfortable camping and gourmet outdoor food. It's the ultimate water recreation experience.
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is home to three important cultural institutions: an art museum, a theater company and an art school. Visitors can enjoy seeing permanent and traveling modern art collections, musical and non-musical original plays, and taking community-based art classes.
Travel back in time to an authentic American Western boomtown at the Ghost Town Museum located in Colorado Springs. Voted as one of the 55 special attractions in American by Mobil Travel Guide and Family Circle Magazine, you'll step inside a blacksmith shop, saddle up to the saloon and meander through the General Store.