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