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Travel Blogs from Chama
Fall colors and steam
... from Chama, and the train stops to allow passengers to lunch at a locally prominent site, Osier. That gave us plenty to time to get to Los Pinos ahead of 216's scheduled arrival at 2:16 p.m. We got there around 11:30 a.m., so we drove on to Chama, looking for picture-taking locations as we went. At Chama, we made sandwiches for lunch, found a campground, unhitched the camper and headed back to Los Pinos.
From Los Pinos all the way back to ...
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway
... scenery is delightful. I could live in this place (until it hits 20 below in the winter). I'll try to post a few more pics and videos. What a classic ride - should be even more memorable in the fall when the aspens turn golden!
Click on the video below to get a taste of the train ride, and the countryside.
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Night 24: 4 Corner Loafering
... wear long black braids. There are stores that sell fry bread and goat meat and mutton. Other than that, the locals do what other Americans do. There are no exotic Navajos and Hopis wearing feathers like I was promised by TV and movies and National Geographic. The Navajo order takeout Chinese food and rent movies from the Redbox. They drive pickup trucks and Hondas. They get hamburgers at McDonalds. The only difference is they use every part of the Big Mac! (That was a joke...)
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Fishing and Fun in Chama
... She told us that the operation is going to change back to a company and that may help.
I went fishing on the Chama and caught a few nice trout. Had a good time. The river level is down and I was able to fish it without putting on my waders. We stayed in Chama for three days and then departed for Colorado Springs. On our way out of Chama we got to see some beautiful Aspen Fall colors and also got to see the narrow gauge train.
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Rolling History...
... in 1890.
However, with the repeal of the Sherman Act in 1893 and its devastating effect on the silver mining industry, traffic over the San Juan Extension failed to warrant conversion to standard gauge. Over the ensuing decades it became an isolated anachronism, receiving its last major upgrades in equipment and infrastructure in the 1920s. A post-World War II natural gas boom brought a brief period of prosperity to the ...
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