Leaving New Mexico for Colorful Colorado we made our way to the NW edge of the state. It was another fairly short drive but we found ourselves slowly creeping into town with the summertime traffic in Durango. The town was bustling with tourists which I am sure made all the businesses in town very happy!
When we were near the La Platt Fairgrounds for our planned stay we made a wrong turn and ended up in a parking lot, Sigh! As a result we hurriedly unhooked the CRV and I had to make some creative forward and backward moves to maneuver the RV back around. It ended well as we corrected our navigational mistake and made our way over to our site.
Right beside the fairgrounds is the Animas River and there is a nice trail which leads all the way into downtown. It is about 1.7 miles into town so one afternoon we took the very pleasant and scenic trail into town. Lots of rafters were on the Animas River and every now and then the steam train traveling from Durango to Silverton Co. would pass by.
The downtown area has some older buildings, lots of shops, restaurants and several breweries. We walked around the town a bit and ended up at Carver’s Brewery right around happy hour time. They had a $2.00 off per beer at happy hour which, let’s just say, made us very happy
We had rain nearly every afternoon so we were unable to drive highway 550, the million dollar highway, to Silverton for a hike but we did squeeze in some disc golf at the course at Fort Lewis College. Another day, another brewery visit as we tried Animas Brewing. Our preference was Carver over this one.
One evening right out our front window the Durango Rodeo was taking place. Sharon and I strolled over to the bleachers to watch all the cowboys and cowgirls doing their thing. There were a variety of events including little kids riding sheep, to barrel racing to bull riding and several other events that evening. What a treat it was to happen to be in the fairgrounds for this rodeo.
Well four day went fast and we had to leave Durango as the park was preparing for their annual County State Fair.. We had hoped to stay a while longer but we were sure glad we made the trip as Durango was really fun!.
NOTE: We are currently Dolores, Colorado until July 30th…
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