Thursday, July 16th we took the road less
traveled from Santa Fe, NM to Durango, CO.
We saw some beautiful scenery!
Thankfully we stopped at the one rest area along our 250 mile trip. It was a nice lunch stop and gave us an
opportunity to take some great pictures of Ernie and Bert together in the
mountains. Check out our new picture at the top of the blog !
We always like to go to the visitor centers in the cities
that we are visiting to be sure we are not missing something special. After getting settled at Westerly RV Park we
had just enough time to get to the visitors center before it closed. We found out they were having a free concert
in the park which was walking distance from the visitor’s center and would be
starting in 15 minutes. The band was
called Dr Roberts and they were doing a Beatles Tribute. We enjoyed the music and watching all the
people. On our way to the car we stopped
for dinner at the Rice Monkey for sushi and a rice bowl. Fun evening!
Our site at Westerly RV Park had a view of the mountains and
also the train track. The Durango to
Silverton Steam Train passed six times a day.
There are three trains going up and three trains coming back each day. The cost of the train is now $85 per ticket
plus tax. We decided to save that for
our next visit to Durango.
Durango Steam Train as it went by our camp site notice the background that was our view !
Friday the 17th we drove to Silverton and
Ouray. It rained on the way up and was
raining when we got to Silverton.
Thankfully the rain had stopped by the time we got to Ouray. We got to Ouray in time to have a picnic
lunch in their city park. We thought it
was funny that the lifeguards at the pool all had on sweatshirts. I hope the pool was heated. We explored town
and took pictures. I took lots of
pictures as we were driving of the mountain views and mining areas. We spent time walking around Silverton and
taking pictures before heading back to Durango.
Durango
Old street in Durango
Old mine site
Ouray
Ouray
Saturday the 18th we stopped by the farmers
market but were a little disappointed after the wonderful market in Santa Fe. We
did a bike ride on the Animas River Bike Trail.
Our ride was about 8 miles. The
trail went along the river and we crossed bridges several times. There were a lot of people rafting and
kayaking in the river, they were fun to watch.
We had a picnic in the park and then walked around Durango. We found a wonderful museum behind the
Durango Train Station. It had old engines,
cars and lots of train history.
Rafting along the Animas River where we biked
Old car and caboose in the train museum
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