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Silverton CO & Chama NM - 2017

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Silverton CO RV Park

Kendall Mountain near Silverton

Lots of wildflowers. This year we went in July instead of August.

I got a buzz cut

A lot more snow left than in August

Laney on the prowl

Had to walk across. No one fell through.

Much much more snow than last year

Blue tinted water in the lake and happy dogs

Someone must have slalomed down

Lunch at the top

The infamous EPA spill

Snow drifts!

Lake Como

The road we came on by Lake Como

The Mill

Wildflowers and a cabin

Rode our bikes around Silverton and the Cemetery

A good pizza place

A lot of new exhibits in the museum

Baby carriage

Winter can yield 20ft or more of snow

More water than usual due to snow runoff

Mining car rails

Rained every day

Ruby the Wonder Dog

Had some difficulty on one stretch, but a winch resolved it

Should have got a half order...

Made from antique baseball gloves. It can be yours for $28000

In Ouray

Prettier than the flowers

Spotted a moose on the way back from Ouray

Looking at us

By the RV Park in Chama NM

A lot of fishing

The next morning the fire ignited by itself

Hamburgers for a crowd

Got one

Water snake

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama

Parlor car, includes breakfast, drinks, and lunch

A deer

This car followed our train part of the way

Highway crossing

In the background, the tracks we will be going up in a little while up the mountain

Aspens

The old Hwy 17

Tanglefoot curve. Crews would jump off here, walk to the lower track, inspect for burned out bearings, then reboard.

Los Pinos Tank

Cascade Trestle. 137ft above Cascade Creek.

Before the railroad, Osier was a toll station on the road from Conejos to Chama

We eat lunch in the building to the right of Osier

Turkey line and a Meat Loaf line. The turkey line, with a full Thanksgiving meal, was about 20 times longer than the meat loaf line.

Leaving Osier, going back the way we came

The other train leaving from Osier, going the other way

Highest point, Cumbres Pass

We stuck our heads out. No one got decapitated.

Another highway crossing

Very memorable trip!