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Mesa Verde National Park, Long House

Lots of catch up!  The SilverVagabonds arrived in Virginia last Sunday.  We spent 2 days on the road with Susan & Atom but in St. Louis we parted after a month together!  It was sad to part, honestly there were some tears!  More updates below.  Mesa Verde National Park While in Southwest Colorado we stayed at Morefield Campground inside the park.  The campground had so many bees that we did not spend much of any time outside at the campground!  Long House: We had timed entry to the “Long House” dwelling.  For the sensitive areas/dwellings the amount of people allowed…

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Read more about the article Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train

So much fun…not enough time!We spent the day on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train!  The ride was so beautiful…the train went through the San Juan Mountains.  The track ran along the Animas River and in many areas we were right on the edge of a rock cliff over the water,Once in Silverton we booked it to Thee Pitt’s Again, BBQ!  This restaurant was on “Diners and Drive-ins”.  The best onion rings in the world!  (The BBQ was good too!)  Silverton was very busy, it was biker weekend and Labor Day weekend.  The rumble of motorcycles was everywhere!  Once…

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Read more about the article Rifle Gap SP, Independence Pass & Aspen

Rifle Gap SP, Independence Pass & Aspen

We spent a day exploring Independence Pass and Aspen.  The road to Independence Pass is a constant climb from Aspen with two parts of the road one lane!  The payout is huge when you arrive at the pass, at 12,095 ft. you truly feel like you are on top of the world.  Independence Pass is also along the Continental Divide; the views are spectacular! We stopped in Aspen for the afternoon.  The town is charming with a tiny creek running through the downtown mall area.  We passed Kemo Sabe a very popular western hat store.  There was a line to get…

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Read more about the article A Day at Maroon Bells!

A Day at Maroon Bells!

We’re Back! After a week of painfully pathetic internet and cell coverage, we finally are in Rifle, Colorado at the Public Library with high speed internet!  We have lots to catch up on, more in the updates below…now for the good stuff…. Maroon Bells  Yesterday we got up at 5:45am and drove 1 hour and 40 minutes to the west side of Aspen to catch the shuttle to Maroon Bells. The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (one-third of a mile). Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon…

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