Hate traffic? Try Ride Your Horse to Work Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Drivers in downtown Colorado Springs next week may see a swishing tail in front of them at a stoplight instead of a pair of red brake lights.
City officials will mount up and ride to work on the backs of horses instead of in their cars to start Pikes Peak Western Heritage Days on Monday, May 10, for Ride Your Horse to Work Week.
The event is designed to promote National Tourism Week and a summer-long list of area events.
Vice Mayor Larry Small, El Paso County Commissioner Dennis Hisey and other local VIPs will gather at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, mount horses and ride to City Hall. The ride begins at 6:30 a.m. A police escort and horseback riders from Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo's Girls of the West will accompany them. The museum is at 215 S. Tejon St.
Pikes Peak Western Heritage Days is an umbrella program to identify, package and promote summer events and attractions which showcase the region’s western, mining, American Indian and geological heritage. Its purpose is to brand Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region as a true western heritage destination.
Partners for Pikes Peak Western Heritage Days include: Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau, City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County Fair, Pikes Peak Country Attractions Association, Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, COPPeR, Downtown Partnership, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Flying W Ranch, Norris-Penrose Event Center, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo & Foundation, Western Museum of Mining and Industry, Pikes Peak Library District, Western Horseman Magazine, Western Heritage Group, Pikes Peak Range Riders, Western Jubliee Recording Co., Starsmore Discovery Center and ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
Visit www.VisitCOS.com/western for more a complete event calendar and list of attractions.
Information provided by Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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