Colorado’s scenery for many people provides solace, an escape, a reminder of the beauty of the world.
For Paul Markovsky, the mountains in Colorado Springs are a reminder of his late wife Jennifer who was among three people killed in a shooting at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015.
“She often said she was homesick in Colorado until she looked at the mountains,” Markovsky said, “if it was one of those gloomy days when the clouds were just hanging over the peaks, but you could see the bottom of them, she said it reminded her of Hawaii except when you drive up high you don’t see the ocean.”…