Durango
Travel Blogs from Durango, United States
Soldiers Nationals - Friday
The first morning of Nationals the Soldiers had a meeting and the ladies had a meeting. The kids were playing around with hoola hoops during the ladies meeting and Seth was using Sonja as a jungle gym. The ladies had a great time chatting and singing and ...
We visit the AMAZING Mesa Verde
... self-guided tour of Spruce House - again amazing. Uneventful drive back thru wonderful scenery and an EXCELLENT meal in "Seasons of Durango" on Main Street which we rate as equal-best meal of the whole trip. We had steak and if was spectacular and not ...
Counting Down the Days
I only have a little more than a month left before I depart to Shanghai for the academic year. This will be the place to get any updates on my trip for those of you who are interested. I will update this as often as I can, but who knows how ...
Another wonderful train journey
... dye on the passports and some $20 notes - not too bad. We attempted to resolve that and read a few emails before heading back into town for an excellent meal ruined by poor service - but did find that Durango is quite a kicking place on a Friday ...
Short Stop in Ouray
Along th Uncompaghre River and Route US 550. Twenty minute rest stop in Ouray, a charming town in a mountain ...
Day 9, Durango CO
... Molas at 10,910 ft) and a stop at Silverton, a small town we visited 20 years ago, start of the Silverton-Durango historic railway line. Nothing has really changed here, except perhaps the tables and chairs of the Café on the Main street where ...
Day Five
... not a bad place to live. 6:57 pm We have made it to the other side of the Rockies. Stopping for the night in Durango, CO. In the morning we will go to Mesa Verde cliff dwellings… about 30 minutes from here. On our way out of the ...
Wes' Visit
... it snowed so that we could do all these things. The next day was already the day he was leaving! We drove to Durango and walked around downtown, had coffee at Durango Coffee Co., shopped, and then of course we HAD to take him to Serious ...
What a view! We made it to Durango, CO!
... the second bus showed up. I became hysterical, thinking that I wouldn't be able to say good-bye to my Dad before leaving for Durango. I frantically called his cell phone and thankfully, it was one of the few times he answered :) He left the coffee at the ...
Total Exhaustion
... my pants were caked with mud, my calf muscles were cursing, and my arms refused to leave my side, the view of the Durango community atop of that mountain was a reward in itself. When I have a chance, I will post pictures. Of course! One picture ...
We Nailed It!
... . We touched lives tonight. Way to go, Cast B 2009! After such a sold out show, we are definitely excited for our final Durango performance tomorrow! It's going to be amazing :) Everything is coming together and we are all doing so well! Now, for those of ...
Tour of the cliff dwellings
... of caves and cliff houses. Auto tour of park. Off to Durango and stay in Gypsy Motel rare night in a bed with sheets. Original destination. On bus trip last year thouoght Durango might be a good place to settle down and work. No jobs ...
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
... allowed in this one, and by 5pm we were done, stopped to look at a few on the way out and made our way down to Durango, only a short drive, found a hotel on the way in and got a room. 7.30pmish we went next door to the bar and grill for ...
Duran Durango
... here is good for little else and it goes some way to explaining the amount of beef this nation must consume each year. Our motel in Durango was really nice and we drove into the centre of the old mining town for a well earned beer and a bite to eat. The ...
durango silverton railway
... was good for me to see (as I had been concentrating on the road yesterday when driving the same route). Arrived in Durango around 4:30 and more sightseeing, plus a compusory Cold Rock icecream. Dinner at Cyprus restaurant again, good ...
Flagstaff to Durango - Soldiers Nationals
... at a MacDonald's for a good greasy breakfast, where Sonja played around taking a few pictures. From there we headed out to Durango, the weather was really fantastic. The group warned us that it normally rains in Durango, but before Durango at Four Corners ...
Day 16
... of salad dressings. We also have a supply for PB&J sandwiches. With cheese and crackers and some microwave popcorn we are traveling CHEAP! Tomorrow we take the narrow gage train from Durango to Silverton, CO. Stay tuned. Dirinda, Jan, ...
The Ancient Ones
... is not politically correct anymore, so we are supposed to refer to the cliff dwellers as "Ancestral Pueblo Peoples." After grabbing dinner at a Brew Pub in Durango, we drove north on Highway 550 to a campground up in the mountains near Lake ...
On the go in Duran...go
... checking in and ate mac & cheese and chili while watching college football. In the morning, we walked around downtown Durango. On our way to Main Street, Rachel was thrilled to stumble across a used bookstore. Todd had futilely ...
Durango
Erin and I spent time looking around Durango and camping. We also spent some time just talking and working some stuff out while we camped. I'm posting pictures with captions so you can see the beautiful ...
Durango, Silverton and Ouray - Colorado - Wow!
... ; DURANGO, SILVERTON & OURAY April 17th - 22nd We left Monument Valley & headed to Durango, visiting Mese Verde National Park, which is best known for cliff dwellings. These are structures built within ...
Last Night in Durango
We have had two great show days in Durango. Our shows were at the Fort Lewis Community Concert Hall. It was a really nice facility that sat about 600 people. The girls dressing room is in the basement of the building and didn’t have mirrors or ...
Santa Fe, NM - Durango, CO
Headed out from Santa Fe and took a relatively short ride up to Durango. Took a while to find the right road to the only listed free (that I could find) national forest site (more careful with NF website directions next time) and, stopping at a ...
Lebensqualität in Durango
... niedlichen Geschäften, Bars und Restaurants. Eine Dampfeisenbahn als Freizeitattraktion fuhr vorbei. Es gab auch einige Studenten, denn Durango hat seine eigene Uni. Bei Wal Mart kaufte ich mir Luftmatratze und Schlafsack, um somit im Auto übernachten ...
Home at Last
... stayed two days. The scenery here is absolutely beautiful..like none other. It is claimed to be the Switzerland of the United States. We stayed at a campground which we've frequented in the past, and went to our favorite hot springs each ...
4 corners and Mesa Verde
... ladders and climb some serious steps in a very narrow area. Stacy wasn't too happy. After that, we drove to Durango for the night. We had an excellent Italian dinner at a resturant there called Mutu's Italian ...
Durango, Colorado!
We had an awesome day today. We are in a small town called Durango in Colorado up in the mountains. It's more of a ski resort kind of town. We got a group photo taken with the Rocky Mountains in the background. It snowed the night before we arrived so ...
Mesas Roja y Verde
... headed off to Durango. The drive over the pass was lovely: the ground on both sides of the road was covered in snow. We arrived Durango, checked into our hotel, did a bit of work, then headed off to dinner. Had a good dinner at an Italian restaurant (way ...

