Saturday, July 12, 2014

Delores, Colorado

We have been taking it easy the last two day. Yesterday was laundry and cleaning that could not otherwise be postponed. Today we went to the Cortez farmer's market and then drove to Delores, Colorado, and then beyond into the San Juan National Forest. It is quite beautiful along the Delores River which, with the road, is about all that fits in the narrow valley. Any wide space between the mountains, very few, has a ranch, campground, or town.
The photo is the "Galloping Goose" a hybrid railroad contraption that was used for short-line runs to mining and other isolated communities. It is a well-known oddity in the four corners area and you can take a ride on special occasions at the excursion railroads in south Colorado and north New Mexico. This example of a "committee design is in Delores and is one of the sites. Rumor has it that Butch Cassidy made his first bank withdrawal in Delores. Who knows, it may be true.

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