I definitely got my fall foliage fix!! It was a way cool 5 days, had a great ride to Durango going through Kayenta AZ again, (best Navajo Frye bread ever) we were there years ago and then on the way home we came more south into New Mexico and through Continue Reading

My favorite tree of the west. They grow at a high elevation. The trunks are super cool and the leaves in the fall, I just love. I actually bought a print in 2022 when we stopped through Cody Wyoming. S & J

This was just an opening in the mountain. Closest we were to it. Kind of like the colors that caught our eyes when we came through Cortez, this was just a closer view. I did see two Elk along the train ride, they were huge!! S&J

Another view of the river , not so high from it. They went one section of this track that was so high, the train slowed to a crawl. You jump the tracks you are toast. And just look at those beautiful trees! S & J

Looking out of the train window you could look down and see the water in the gorge. It was beautiful, the water so glacier looking!!! S & J

The elevation was up up, you could see snow on many of the tops of mountains which I just loved. I loved that this town still had dirt roads. Felt as though we were still in the wild Wild West!!! S & J

Just another view of the train at the train station. They had three of these babies heading to Silverton. Silverton was a tourist town , very old and quiet quaint. S & J

On our 2nd day in Durango we took this train to Silverton. It was an amazing ride through San Juan National Forest, and did we see some colors. The ride was 3 1/2 hours up, 2 hours to walk around Silverton grab some lunch and 3 1/2 hours back. We Continue Reading

This was the coolest place. This is going out of downtown Durango, it is a hot springs resort. They have 23 springs you can relax in and your time is 2 hours. We walked around and picked a spot, hiked the stairs and soaked for 2 hours. We met some Continue Reading

Hello to anyone reading..James and I got back to Yuma in August so I could get prepared for my first knee replacement. Had the left one done on Sept. 12 in Phoenix and I am well past any downsides. The surgery went great, the recovery has been great, now the Continue Reading