John has arrived at his final destination atop Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, CO.
"A summit photo is a lasting memento of your trip to this world."
He did not previously make the trip to Pikes Peak, however he did take a train (and gondola) to another summit, in Switzerland, the Alps, "top of the world" he called it.... and he also rode a camel to the top of Mt. Sinai and slept under the stars there. Here is one that JOHN took in the Alps
John also traveled to many places here in the United States, by train mostly.
The song, America the Beautiful, was originally written as a poem.
In July 1893, at the age of thirty-six, Katharine Lee Bates, took a train trip to Colorado Springs. Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem, including Chicago, the "White City", with its promise of the future contained within its alabaster buildings; the wheat fields of America's heartland Kansas, and the majestic view of the Great Plains from high atop Pikes Peak.
On the pinnacle of that mountain, the words of the poem started to come to her, and she wrote them down upon returning to her hotel room.
Here is the plaque at the summit of Pikes Peak commemorating this.
John's final resting place atop Pikes Peak
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