Originally Posted by Matt Makens:
My uncle decided as we were driving out of Denver that we need to ride the Durango and Silverton so that's all setup for tomorrow
You will love it. We took the kids there a few years back to ride the Polar Express. Cool little town too. Do yourself a favor, don't stay in a regular hotel. Stay at either the General Palmer or the Strater. We stayed in both and the family enjoyed the General Palmer best.
We also took a day to do a non train related thing and went to Mesa Verde National Park. That was an amazing visit and the guided tour was well worth it. I had no idea the place existed and was not aware of that piece of history. They never taught us that in school.
http://www.durango.org/discover-durango/mesa-verde
Enjoy the trip.
Ron