Sunday, July 6 found us up early, headed for the train depot to catch the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 
a steam locomotive that passes through some of the prettiest country we've seen yet. And since we've taken about 200 photos of scenery, that's saying a lot! Time to check out the memory card on the camera to be sure we still have room!
The train followed the Animas River. Beth made me google this, and the original name was "Rio de Animas Perdidas," River of Lost Souls. We saw the river change from a rather tame, wide, slow-flowing mass in town, to fast-moving with Class IV rapids, to the relative trickle near the headwaters near Silverton as the train moved north. Along the way we saw the area where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid made their famous cliff jump. Turns out Hollywood did some of their magic, and the jump isn't all that bad. Many of the local teenagers make that jump on hot summer days.
Silverton was a silver mining town with lots of historic markers on the buildings. We couldn't resist a group picture in the town jail,
nor the souvenir shop where I found a thimble. The train turned around, so on the way back we saw the sights on the other side of the railroad. By the time we got back to Durango we were all tired and hungry, so we headed out to find a place to eat. We chose Ken and Sue's, and while Beth and I were waiting for a table, Deb and the girls explored Main Street. They found Fuzziwigs, a candy shop that had Fizzies! 
I hadn't had Fizzies since they were discontinued because of the cyclomate scare. Talk about a blast from the past! So Deb bought me a pack, and I put them in my water at the restaurant, where I ordered pistachio-nut crusted grouper and a glass of wine. Fizzies and wine! Some combination, eh? Dinner was magnificent, as were those great beds back at the Best Western. We crashed hard that night, knowing we had a long drive to Ouray in the morning.
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