Friends Rey and Jen are horse sitting for our neighbors, so they did our morning chores.
We drove up a narrow dirt road thinking "can this be the way"?
At last we saw this -
and farther on up the road, this -
Yep, a castle, complete with
gargoyle drain spouts.
No photos are allowed inside the castle, which is home to a collection of jaw-dropping antiques (original Sir Christopher Wren drawings! Gainsborough portraits! Oh my!). But for me, the view was truly priceless.
Looking southwest to north -
Thanks, David and my 4 legged kids, for a fun Mother's Day.
16 comments:
Christopher Wren, THE Christopher Wren who designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London? Wow!
What a fantastic place and I agree, those views are wonderful.
Guess you had a day to remember!!
I didn't know there were castles in the mountains, very cool!
Not a bad way to spend Mother's Day! Gorgeous!
Where exactly? I would love to visit a Scottish Castle and I am close enough to do so. Looks like a wonderful way to spend your day and we're finally having some warm weather sans snow.
Wow that is amazing!!
Wow ... that is a fantastic view !! What a wonderful place to visit,glad you had a lovely day .... Jayne
Holy Cow!!!
Hello! Very nice blog and interesting posts, great atmosphere.
Have a nice day. :)
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What a spectacular view, just breathtaking.
We toured Glen Eyrie castle in Colorado Springs, it's a strange sight seeing a castle rising up form the Western landscape !
Lovely pictures, thank you for sharing your day out.
~Jo
Who would have thought?
This place is spectacular. The view from all sides, I could just stand there and stare for hours. Too bad about the 'no picture' policy. I suppose they don't want vandals etc. knowing about the value. Hope there is security. I need to go to castle sometime, the last time was on the Rhine River in 1969, so long ago.
Happy Mother's Day!
Ron
A cool place with a GORGEOUS view. Wow.
A Scottish castle called Cherokee Castle? Now I am intrigued. I'm sure there is a very interesting story to this place.
What amazing view. You were really lucky you got such a clear sky.
And I was sorry to hear about the little child falling out of the window. What a sad story.
Better late than never!
What a beautiful place, Terry! I thought what is a castle doing in the middle of the mountains? It just is! Incredible views and I can only imagine what it was like inside. I love the colours on the roof tiles in the last photo.
Hi Terry! What beautiful photos! I've been in Colorado 31 years and never have I heard of Cherokee Castle! (and I'm almost totally of Scottish descent) I've got to check this out! Thanks for sharing!
Nice story and pics, Terry!
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