Pikes Peak memories...

Couple of weeks back , We , group of 4 had visited Denver , Colorado. Mesmerizing Rocky mountain landscapes , invigorating trails along falls ,lakes , mysterious garden of gods , breathtaking Royal gorge bridge - highest suspension bridge in the world and the one of the most visited mountain in the world....Pikes Peak , the truly marvelous nature creation. We took a cog train to reach at summit (14K+ feet high ), whimsical climate did its magic again , snowfall started suddenly and we were on and above clouds.
2 weeks later , we had a meeting @ Pikes Peak .. yep , name of one of the conference room in office. Being new born baby in the group of other conf rooms, only few people have noticed it in the office. There was some noise coming from top of that . Reason : some air conditioning maintenance. We couldn't continue with meeting and left it. I didn't know that was my last visit to 'Pikes Peak'.
August 12th - 10 PM , I was in call with offshore at home and suddenly started receiving iChat pings from buddies regarding some helicopter hovering over Valley Green Dr. And news broke - fire in VG6... smoke was reaching till our apartment. I stepped out and saw big water hose was laid on the road and few cops cars with flashing light. After few moments, it was confirmed through online news that fire was in West side - 2nd floor of bldg.
In the aftermath of incident , west side has been completely cordoned off and residents are moved to other bldgs now - RC9,Vallaco. Fire was on a moderate scale , but smoke and water caused huge damage to property. With estimated loss of $2M , complete renovation would take 3 months. Thankfully , most of computers , personal belongings are working fine and salvageable. Rumors in the air like - R&D bldg on fire , it will impact new product launch . Few funny remarks - Xtreme heat resulted from Macbook battery caused the fire , testing of new iPhone app - iLighter was in progress :)

Hope to see Pikes Peak back in new style.