Day 5 - Durango Jeep Ride

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Dean walked over to the Durango train station this morning to see 2 steam trains depart. Today was beautiful and sunny while we did a 4 hour jeep tour. We saw beautiful mountain views, some marmots, a young doe and 2 fawns, and some random grazing cattle. We ttok the tour with another easterner, Sue from New Jersey. Turns out she fixes tack, her husband is a horse dentist, and her son is a farrier. Her daughter is a professor in environmental sociology at Ft. Lewis College here in Durango. It was nice to have a small group and we had fun holding on for dear life especially as we descended the mountain. We topped of the night with dinner at Steamworks Brewery and a nice walk on Main Street Durango. Lots of people in town getting ready for the USA Pro cycling ride that starts in Durango this weekend.

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Photos

Train out of Durango
Dean catches the first 2 trains leaving Durango today

Wildcat Mining
Locals are trying to keep it out of this canyon

Miners Beware
Apparently Mother Nature is Angry that wildcat mining is returning

Former Mine
Drew, Sean, and Sue peer into the old mine shaft

Cattle Crossing
Free range cattle grazing along the trail

Waterfall
Beautiful waterfall along the trail

100 year old Chimney
The house is long gone but the chimney of a former miner remains along the Jeep Trail

Doe
This doe had 2 fawns with her hidden behind the skunk cabbage

Dead Tree
It was dead but really majestic

We Reach the Summit
At the edge of a cliff at the summit of the Jeep Trail

Sean at the Cliff's Edge
Sean loves giving Mary Ann a heart attack. It took a few seconds to hear a rock hit the bottom

Cliff View
Dean stretched his camera out to see the view