DENVER & GLENWOOD SPRINGS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
WE PARKED TRUCK AT AMTRAK AND TOOK TRACKS TO THE AIRPORT

WE ARRIVED IN DENVER, AND STAYED AT THE NEW HOTEL, THAT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD, CALLED "THE CRAWFORD" WHICH IS RIGHT INSIDE THE STATION, IT WAS PRICEY BUT A FUN SPLURGE.

A NEW BUILDING CONNECTED TO UNION STATION

OUR HOTEL ROOM

THEY TURN DOWN YOUR BED AT NIGHT AND LEAVE YUMMY CHOCOLATES

INSIDE THE TERMINAL

THE HOTEL ROOMS WERE ABOVE THE TERMINAL

WE WENT TO LUNCH AT A FUN MEXICAN RESTAURANT CALLED "RIO GRANDE"

MONDAY EVENING WE WENT TO A ROCKIES GAME, THEY PLAYED THE L.A. DODGERS

 LOOKING OUT ON THE CITY BEFORE DARK

THE ROCKIES PLAYED GREAT UP UNTIL THE 6TH INNING.  WE WERE TOLD BY FANS THAT FOR SOME REASON THE ROCKIES ALWAYS FALL APART AT
THE 6TH INNING.  TOO BAD, THE DODGERS WON.

 LOOKING OUT ON THE CITY AFTER DARK

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th
 A RADIO STATION HAD A CONTEST GOING ON FOR PEOPLE TO FIND
CHRIS HARRIS FROM THE DENVER BRONCO'S. TODAY HE

WAS AT THE UNION STATION TERMINAL.  WE GOT TO SEE THE

WHOLE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE HOPED ON THE TRAIN

 AMTRAK WINDOW IN THE TERMINAL

 GETTING ON THE TRAIN AND LEAVING FOR GLENWOOD SPRINGS

 27 TUNNELS IN 30 MILES

 GROSS DAM AND RESERVOIR

LITTLE YELLOW SCHOOL HOUSE THAT WAS NEVER USED

 

ONE OF THE STOPS BEFORE GLENWOOD

A REALLY NICE RESTAURANT IN GLENWOOD

WE STAYED AT THE RAMADA INN, NOT QUITE THE SAME AS THE CRAWFORD,

BUT IT WAS COMFORTABLE AND THEY LET US KEEP OUR SUIT CASES

THERE UNTIL WE WENT TO THE TRAIN STATION

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th

THE TRAIN WAS A FEW HOURS LATE SO WE SPENT

THE WHOLE DAY AT GLENWOOD SPRINGS

WE THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY GOING TO SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS

GLENWOOD TRAIN STATION

THE TRAINS ARRIVAL TIME ORIGINALLY WAS SCHEDULED FOR 2:30 PM,

IT CHANGED TIMES HOURLY AS THE DAY WENT ON

 

IT'S FINAL CALL WAS FOR 7:30 PM SO WE WENT OVER AT 6:30

WE WAITED AND WAITED

6 HOURS LATER AT 8:30PM THE TRAIN FINALLY ARRIVED.

WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT

AND A MAN WAS KILLED ON THE TRACKS,

WE DID NOT HEAR WHERE IT HAPPENED

HOW TO SLEEP COACH FOR NINE HOURS

WE ARRIVED IN SALT LAKE AT 4:30 AM THURSDAY MORNING.
WE WERE HOME BY 5:15 AM

OUR ORIGINAL ARRIVAL TIME WAS SUPPOSE TO BE MIDNIGHT.
IT WAS A LONG RESTLESS NIGHT, BUT IT WAS A STILL A FUN TRIP