Durango

 When we finished the Utah workshop week, Trish and I drove southeast to Durango, Colorado. This is a favorite place of ours.  

We spent the night at the old Strater Hotel so we could, the following day, ride the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

This wonderfully restored steam train travels about 46 miles from Durango to Silverton, Colorado in three and a half hours. We then get a couple of hours in Silverton for lunch and exploration before making the journey back down the Animas Canyon Gorge to Durango.

The ride is spectacular as the train sometimes is confined to a four-foot-wide rock shelf high above the river.  This is the second time Trish and I have made this trip, and, we will not hesitate to do it again.