Historic Downtown Durango

We spent some time in the downtown area of Durango today.  Here's some pictures I took:

River rafting is a big event here.  Jim's going tomorrow.

Aspen Picture Frame.  Made in many sizes.  I've got the card of the Store.

A lamp made of shotgun shells...

I tried to get a picture of that lamp, but they hung a bag from it.

A vintage "lap desk" from an Antique Shop

Built in 1887 the historic Strater Hotel (Historic Hotel of America Member) is one of the West’s iconic hotels and a prominent downtown Durango.  

Mahogoney Grille (located inside the Hotel above.

A murial painted on the side of a bldg

These are from the Quilter's Guild of Durango

This one below is sort of 3 dimensional, as the orange points are pinned, and separate.

A Note On The Blog

Now that I have an ipad, and not a laptop, things are a bit different.

I have to use the app for Blogger to set up a post.

The app has it's problems.  It says it has published my post, and life goes on.  I return and look a few days later and it has called it a "draft".  Today, I noticed that my post "Train Into Grand Canyon" was posted as a Draft, and not published as it originally said.  I had Jim look at the blog with his laptop and sure enough, it was never posted.  The nice thing about posting it now (5 days later), is that it appears in the chronological order it should (back on June 17th).  So if you'd like to scroll on back, or look to the right side, under "Archives"  for the post entitled "Train Into Grand Canyon" it's pretty neat.  We started out day with the shootout, boarded our train, and were robbed by the same bandits on the train, on our way home.  

I was also getting feedback, that sometimes one post from my blog could be delivered 2-3 times per day, and that is why I stopped hitting it to publish, again and again.  I'll coordinate with Jim on his laptop and things should hopefully move more smoothly.  

Sheila

Alpen Rose RV Park, Durango, CO

27847 Hwy. 550 N.

Durango, CO  81301

(970) 247-5540

AlpenRoseRVPark.com

Entrance from Hwy 550 N:

Landscaping on each side of arch

Tucker (lower corner) actually sniffed a flower right after I took this picture:

You will stop and be met, unhook, and will be escorted to your site:

Office

Laundry:

Pool:

Dog Park (can you believe it!)  Beautiful~

Pavillion, Volleyball, swings, large bonefire area.  Parking on the left going down for your car.

Sites 71-100.  Shows lanes meeting road within Park:

Share you space with neighbor:

Road in area of sites 71-100

Pull-thru's on each side, showing lane (sites 1-56)

Aspen Trees.  Empty pull-thru (sites 1-56):

Back-in's, showing trees, width of lane (sites 1-56):

Back-in along perimeter of property (sites 1-56):

Pull-thru's (sites 1-56) along with a picture of an Aspen Tree.

Showing Road between pull-thru's (sites 1-56)

Back-in's along perimeter of property (sites 1-56)

Road between lanes for turning into (sites 1-56)

Sites 1-56 area:

(Below) is a picture of sites A-H:

On The Road From Cortez To Durango, CO, via I-160

I love these shots where you don't see the road....anymore...

Animus River:

Some of Durango:

Our Campground is 2 miles North of Town (leaving below):