My wife & her family are from Ouray, Colorado. Which is just north of Silverton on the Million Dollar Highway. This drive can be very beautiful but the road is also very intimidating, because of the high elevations and the road has a lot of sections with no guard rails.
Myself, wife and three children would vacation every summer in Ouray. We did this for about 25 years until her parents passed. We had a lot of great times. Below is a painting that we purchased at a art store in Durango, and have placed over the fireplace in the family room. This painting is a classic image of the Durango Station. To the right is a framed cover of OGR Magazine, that has my layout story on the cover.
We would take the Amtrak from Dearborn, Michigan to Chicago. Change trains, and go west on the California Zephyr to Grand Junction, Colorado. Than rent a car or a family member would pick us up. We always travel coach. There was only one night on the train. Leave Dearborn at 7:10 AM and arrive the next day at Grand Junction 5:30 PM.
We would get home by Amtrak on the California Zephyr. A lot of times we missed our connection to Dearborn and we had to take the Amtrak Bus from Chicago to Dearborn.
Gary: Rail-fan
