If you’re set on the springs area Royal Gorge bridge and check out the super max prisons on the way
. Manuel Noriega’s in one of them. Kidding about the prisons of course. There’s also a decent German family owned restaurant in the sprigs called Edelweiss if you’re into that. If you can make it north there a hike up to Blue Lake just above Ward at the continental divide or further north is Red Feather Lakes and Pudre Canon area. All quite beautiful.