October 18, 2007 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, La Plata County, Colorado The Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad travels from Durango to Silverton in the San Juan Mountains and National Forest. It leaves from Durango, La Plata County, Colorado.   I dag rejste vi nordpå fra Durango gennem San Juan bjergene til Silverton, tur-retur, denne gang med et gammelt damp-lokomotiv. Toget har kørt rutefart fra Durango til Silverton i de sidste 125 år. Today we traveled north from Durango through the San Juan Mountains to Silverton, round-trip, this time on an old steam train. The train has served Durango and Silverton for the past 125 years.     Lokomotivet ~ The locomotive       Animas River         Det er svært at se, at det er de samme bjerge, vi rejste igennem i går. I modsætning til hovedvejen, går jernbanen langs med floden i dalbunden, så der var meget mindre sne. It is hard to tell that these are the same mountains we traveled through yesterday. Unlike the highway, the railroad goes along the river in the valley bottom, so we saw considerably less snow.

Sneen tiltog efterhånden som vi nærmede os Silverton. The snow slowly increased as we approached Silverton.

Næste stop Silverton ~ Next stop Silverton       Den gamle mineby Silverton ~ The old mining town Silverton       Frokost på Imperial Hotels gamle Saloon... ~ Lunch at the Imperial Hotel's old Saloon...     ...hvor det bedste af det hele var loftet ~ ...where the best part of all was the ceiling

Camping/Boondocking Information We headed for New Mexico, and spent the night boondocked roadside in Chama, New Mexico.   More Colorado Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW