We pulled into downtown Durango late Thursday afternoon. We found the train depot where we had reservations the next morning, and then we walked around a bit. We had dinner and drinks at an upstairs balcony bar.
Durango has lots of campgrounds and RV parks, but we found that all but 2 of them are closed until May 1st! We stayed at the Alpen Rose RV Park. It was surprisingly quiet. The bathrooms were clean , the showers were great, they had laundry and a huge dog park with a view. They even had staff that came to our camper and walked Ruby while we were on our train ride!
On Friday we took a narrated tour on the Durango Narrow Gauge Railroad. We all thought is was really cool! Our guide was in character as General William Jackson Palmer and entertained us for the 5 hours up to Cascade Canyon (where we got out for lunch) and back.
I took tons of notes about the train and the historical stories. I'll add some more details at some point. Ryan's journal will have to suffice until then :)
After the train ride we walked around downtown Durango. We went to a french bakery, Jean Pierre's, to see if we recognized any of the treats from one of our favorite shows, The Great British Bake-Off. We ended up walking on a trail along the Anamis River to this park for some play time before Ubering back to our Ruby.
Durango is really interesting. Carl and I both think that it is at the beginning of a huge boom. We even thought about looking into buying a vacation rental here because it could be a lucrative investment. But, then we realized it's too far from home to really be worth it (and we aren't really looking for an investment;). If anyone's looking for an investment though, we predict Durango real estate will nearly double in the next couple of years!
We all agreed, we would love to see more of Colorado some day.
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