Durango, CO and the Train Ride

We drove to a Ute Casino for our first night in sw Colorado.  It was  a nice neat park, reasonably priced and they had a great salad bar.  No cooking that night.   The dogs were sooooooooo happy to see green grass and were finally able to run and play.  They both got a bath that night.  They were pink chihuahuas from running around in the red dust at Monument Valley.   

The next morning we left for our rv park in Durango, CO.  The photos do not show it, but most of the five days we were in Durango, it was extremely windy,   The wind picked up the dust and the entire valley was dark from the "dust storm" that rolled up it.  We did have some clear mornings which you can see in these pics.

 

After the dust and heat of AZ, the green valleys and snow covered mountains were a sight to see.

We drove up into the mountains to see these lakes.

Dale has waited a long time to ride this narrow gauge railroad.

The train stations were pretty much like they were when they were first built.  We drove up to Silverton and Dale took the train back to Durango.  

The town of Silverton out our dirty car window.

 

 

 

The ride down was very scenic.

 

The Animas River flows through downtown Durango.

 

This looks a little steep for a train track!

 

 This is the train passing right in front of our RV park.

The Iron Horse Bike Race took place on Memorial Day weekend.  The bikers raced for 49 miles up the mountains to Silverton.