I finally had my last week post, our wifi isn’t the greatest here. We arrived in South Fork, Colorado on the 15th. We are in the Rio Grande Forest and have been seeing the beauty of the mountains.
Barry and I drove into Creede; the Silver Thread scenic highway. This hwy is the small towns which were once silver and gold mining camps along the Rio Grand River.
On Monday, we went to the Great Sands National Monument. The highest sand dune in the United States stands between the mountain ranges.
Tuesday, we hike a trail behind our campsite. 2 1/2 mile hike and another 2 1/2 to get back to the campsite.
So, in our travels on Thursday, we were to go to the Rockwood Train Depot to get on the Durango & Silverton Scenic Train.
Well, the sign was very small and we missed it. We travelled to Silverton thinking that is were we we suppose to catch the train. Wrong!!
The wifi was no where to be found until we arrived in Silverton. I called them and found out we had 45 minutes to get there. We were 45 miles away. So, we were behind an rv and stopped for construction. Well, we made it there with 2 minutes to spare.
The Durango and Silverton Scenic Railroad to the Cascade Canyon in the San Juan National Forest.
If we didn’t make the mistake we would not have seen such beauty. The highway is called the million dollar hwy. That is how much it cost to build it. Very smoking from the northern Colorado fires near Grand Junction. We could actually smell the smoke.
On our way back home, We stopped at Chimney Rock National Monument in Pagosa Springs.
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