donut a-hole

monday we made reservations to ride the cog rail to the summit of pike's peak. the website said that all reservations needed to come thirty minutes early to get their tickets. there were a lot of people in front of us, so it took a while for our tickets. the ladies told us that they could get us better seats if we sat in a row across the car. it turned out that we were sitting in the jump seats. but that was okay, because at the top of the peak there were world famous donuts. (water doesn't boil at 14,000 feet, but oil does). the conductor pointed out trees, old watering stations, animals (marmots) , and rock formations. it took about an hour and a half to reach the top, but josh and i had to get up a twice so the conductor could throw the switch.
finally at the top, we went in for the delicious donuts, but were sadly disappointed to learn the the fryer was broken. mom was very upset about this. instead we were going to get some hot chocolate, and there were fries in the food court. (apparently you can't use fry oil to cook donuts, and a new heating element can't be sent up on a train car). so we walked around in the wind and cold, and tried to get mom close to the edge. during the trip down, mamsis was still complaining about the seats and the lack of donuts. but, as usual, bitching paid off and she got us a small refund for our trouble.