Silverton

 The destination of our train ride from Durango was the old mining town of Silverton, Colorado. This is a beautiful old town with only one paved street where we had a couple of hours for lunch and exploration.

There was still a good bit of snow up here and there was a lot of snow that had been blown off the tracks in order to get us up through  the canyon. We ate lunch at the Lacey Rose Cafe, where Lacey Black, the owner, plays Ragtime piano during mealtimes.

On our way back to Durango we could see old mine remnants from the silver mining days. Our train, in this first day of the season, was fifteen cars long and we were nearly the last car, so, we could see the rest on the train on all of the curves.

The entire trip is a great treat, if you like to ride trains.  In you are in southwest Colorado, give it a day!