Coloardo and Arizona trip
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I'm from PA but have been to Cortez before (not on a bike though). As a matter of fact I plan on heading there on my bike this summer.
I find it interesting that I have not heard anyone suggest that you go to see Mesa Verde national park, or take the train ride from Durango up to Silverton. Both of these are very close to Cortez, about a 1/2 hr away.
Each would involve the better part of a day but I thought both were fantastic. The train ride is 45miles and 3hrs each way, you can cut 2hrs off the trip if you take the option of taking the bus back on the return leg.
Mesa Verde has some of the oldest man made structures in America, I thought it was much more interesting then the garden of the gods IMHO.
Either way that sounds like a great trip.
I wil try and post a couple of photos below.
I find it interesting that I have not heard anyone suggest that you go to see Mesa Verde national park, or take the train ride from Durango up to Silverton. Both of these are very close to Cortez, about a 1/2 hr away.
Each would involve the better part of a day but I thought both were fantastic. The train ride is 45miles and 3hrs each way, you can cut 2hrs off the trip if you take the option of taking the bus back on the return leg.
Mesa Verde has some of the oldest man made structures in America, I thought it was much more interesting then the garden of the gods IMHO.
Either way that sounds like a great trip.
I wil try and post a couple of photos below.
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I'm from PA but have been to Cortez before (not on a bike though). As a matter of fact I plan on heading there on my bike this summer.
I find it interesting that I have not heard anyone suggest that you go to see Mesa Verde national park, or take the train ride from Durango up to Silverton. Both of these are very close to Cortez, about a 1/2 hr away.
Each would involve the better part of a day but I thought both were fantastic. The train ride is 45miles and 3hrs each way, you can cut 2hrs off the trip if you take the option of taking the bus back on the return leg.
Mesa Verde has some of the oldest man made structures in America, I thought it was much more interesting then the garden of the gods IMHO.
Either way that sounds like a great trip.
I wil try and post a couple of photos below.
I find it interesting that I have not heard anyone suggest that you go to see Mesa Verde national park, or take the train ride from Durango up to Silverton. Both of these are very close to Cortez, about a 1/2 hr away.
Each would involve the better part of a day but I thought both were fantastic. The train ride is 45miles and 3hrs each way, you can cut 2hrs off the trip if you take the option of taking the bus back on the return leg.
Mesa Verde has some of the oldest man made structures in America, I thought it was much more interesting then the garden of the gods IMHO.
Either way that sounds like a great trip.
I wil try and post a couple of photos below.
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http://www.durangotrain.com/
It leaves from Durango. If you take the train ride here would be my suggestions. Take a gondola car instead of the enclosed cars. Not only are you in the fresh air you are seated facing the view. Also (very important) make sure you ask for seats that face the view on the way up to Silverton (especially if you are going to take the bus on the way back). That should be the seats that face the train station.
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I'm sure that's the one.
http://www.durangotrain.com/
It leaves from Durango. If you take the train ride here would be my suggestions. Take a gondola car instead of the enclosed cars. Not only are you in the fresh air you are seated facing the view. Also (very important) make sure you ask for seats that face the view on the way up to Silverton (especially if you are going to take the bus on the way back). That should be the seats that face the train station.
http://www.durangotrain.com/
It leaves from Durango. If you take the train ride here would be my suggestions. Take a gondola car instead of the enclosed cars. Not only are you in the fresh air you are seated facing the view. Also (very important) make sure you ask for seats that face the view on the way up to Silverton (especially if you are going to take the bus on the way back). That should be the seats that face the train station.
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I also highly recommend making the train reservation as soon as you know your dates. It's extremely popular. Very beautiful.
I also recommend taking the train one way only. It may be a bit of a logistics feat to figure out how to get transportation back to the beginning, but I've done the train and while it's extremely beautiful and well-worth doing, it can be very long and monotonous going both ways with it. When we did it, someone recommended we do it one-way...didn't listen and wish we'd had.
Trip sounds fantastic.
I also recommend taking the train one way only. It may be a bit of a logistics feat to figure out how to get transportation back to the beginning, but I've done the train and while it's extremely beautiful and well-worth doing, it can be very long and monotonous going both ways with it. When we did it, someone recommended we do it one-way...didn't listen and wish we'd had.
Trip sounds fantastic.
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I also highly recommend making the train reservation as soon as you know your dates. It's extremely popular. Very beautiful.
I also recommend taking the train one way only. It may be a bit of a logistics feat to figure out how to get transportation back to the beginning, but I've done the train and while it's extremely beautiful and well-worth doing, it can be very long and monotonous going both ways with it. When we did it, someone recommended we do it one-way...didn't listen and wish we'd had.
Trip sounds fantastic.
I also recommend taking the train one way only. It may be a bit of a logistics feat to figure out how to get transportation back to the beginning, but I've done the train and while it's extremely beautiful and well-worth doing, it can be very long and monotonous going both ways with it. When we did it, someone recommended we do it one-way...didn't listen and wish we'd had.
Trip sounds fantastic.