If you have never ridden the train from Durango to Silverton, Colorado, you are missing something wonderful.
I turned around on the back of the bike and took this picture...AWESOME!
Nice looking fence, nice looking country, nice looking man!
A sweet couple took our picture in exchange for taking theirs.
So much of Colorado looks like a painting or postcard.
Telluride, Colorado..beautiful town..Tom Cruise has a home there.I didn't see him, Katie, or Suri!Here is just a sampling of our trip to Colorado. We had an great time. We got back last night around midnight. I will not try to post the whole trip at one time. I will describe when and what we did in the next few posts.
We left Tuesday, June 30 at around 6 a.m. We spent the first night in Tucumcari, New Mexico. We arrived at our camp site the next day in the early evening. Our camp site was located a few miles above Silverton, Co. We spent the until dark getting things set up. I will post pictures of our "camper" in later blogs. On Thursday, July 2, we rode the bike up to Ridgeway and over to Telluride and Rico. These towns are part of the San Juan Skyway Loop. The scenery is so beautiful. We got into a rain shower between Ouray and our camp. It was a hairy ride through those passes. I got my mind off of the ride by videoing it. I will try to post that later.
Friday, we made the whole loop, over 200 miles. We were gone all day. It was very hot at the bottom around Cortez. While in a Walmart bathroom, I took off a layer of pants, and rolled up the outer ones as shorts. I had to roll them down and put a layer back on when we got back into the mountains.
Saturday, the 4th, we rode the narrow gauge railroad train up to Silverton. That meant we rode the bike 50 miles down to Durango, rode the train up to Silverton, and then rode the bike back up to Durango. A special train was ran that day in order to see the fireworks that night. It did not leave Silverton until 10:30 or so that night. We did not get back into Durango until after 2 a.m. We had reserved a room in Durango so we would not have to ride the bike back up to the camp so late. That meant we got to take showers!!! After 3 days of camping and a train ride in an open gondola car of a coal powered train, we were definitely ready for showers!
Sunday, we slept in a little late because of getting to bed so late. We rode the bike back up to Silverton where we had lunch at the Brown Bear Cafe. The cafe is a local establishment that had a great atmosphere...tin ceilings, wooden floors, and a huge iron heater that I could only imagine feels so good to back up to in the winter. We spent Sunday evening just hanging out around the camp. There was a mountain stream running right by our camp and I could sit there for hours.
Monday, we rode back down to Durango and went white water rafting. It was a half a day rafting trip. There were only a couple of spots that were sort of rough, the rest of the time we mearly bumped along the river. There were a couple of children on our raft, so you know it was not too scary. They giggled when we hit rocks.
Tuesday, we packed up and did not leave until close to noon. We traveled across the bottom of Colorado, a small portion of New Mexico, and ended up spending the night in Amarillo, Tx. Wednesday, we arrived home about midnight. Randy and I really enjoyed the whole trip, and right now I can not think of a favorite part. I liked it all!
In the next post I will have pictures of the horse trailer camper and our surroundings. Although our bed felt great last night, a part of me missed the mountain stream outside and the coziness of the horse trailer camper.
We left Tuesday, June 30 at around 6 a.m. We spent the first night in Tucumcari, New Mexico. We arrived at our camp site the next day in the early evening. Our camp site was located a few miles above Silverton, Co. We spent the until dark getting things set up. I will post pictures of our "camper" in later blogs. On Thursday, July 2, we rode the bike up to Ridgeway and over to Telluride and Rico. These towns are part of the San Juan Skyway Loop. The scenery is so beautiful. We got into a rain shower between Ouray and our camp. It was a hairy ride through those passes. I got my mind off of the ride by videoing it. I will try to post that later.
Friday, we made the whole loop, over 200 miles. We were gone all day. It was very hot at the bottom around Cortez. While in a Walmart bathroom, I took off a layer of pants, and rolled up the outer ones as shorts. I had to roll them down and put a layer back on when we got back into the mountains.
Saturday, the 4th, we rode the narrow gauge railroad train up to Silverton. That meant we rode the bike 50 miles down to Durango, rode the train up to Silverton, and then rode the bike back up to Durango. A special train was ran that day in order to see the fireworks that night. It did not leave Silverton until 10:30 or so that night. We did not get back into Durango until after 2 a.m. We had reserved a room in Durango so we would not have to ride the bike back up to the camp so late. That meant we got to take showers!!! After 3 days of camping and a train ride in an open gondola car of a coal powered train, we were definitely ready for showers!
Sunday, we slept in a little late because of getting to bed so late. We rode the bike back up to Silverton where we had lunch at the Brown Bear Cafe. The cafe is a local establishment that had a great atmosphere...tin ceilings, wooden floors, and a huge iron heater that I could only imagine feels so good to back up to in the winter. We spent Sunday evening just hanging out around the camp. There was a mountain stream running right by our camp and I could sit there for hours.
Monday, we rode back down to Durango and went white water rafting. It was a half a day rafting trip. There were only a couple of spots that were sort of rough, the rest of the time we mearly bumped along the river. There were a couple of children on our raft, so you know it was not too scary. They giggled when we hit rocks.
Tuesday, we packed up and did not leave until close to noon. We traveled across the bottom of Colorado, a small portion of New Mexico, and ended up spending the night in Amarillo, Tx. Wednesday, we arrived home about midnight. Randy and I really enjoyed the whole trip, and right now I can not think of a favorite part. I liked it all!
In the next post I will have pictures of the horse trailer camper and our surroundings. Although our bed felt great last night, a part of me missed the mountain stream outside and the coziness of the horse trailer camper.
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Great pictures! Glad you guys had a great trip.
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