Go West Old Man – Up To Silverton, CO – 2012

I awoke Sunday morning very well aware that I’d spent the previous day at the Durango Oktoberfest and didn’t want to get moving too early so it was late morning before we headed up into the mountains north of town (lot's of shots to follow).  I thought we’d been good neighbors but by late morning our section of the campground was pretty lonely. 

I also discovered another Prevost Coach in the campground, but this one was pulling a trailer for their Harley's.

We started up red rock canyon just north of Durango

 And we were soon heading up a long climb to the 10,640' Cold Bank Pass.

The scenery for the entire trip was awesome and I just had to post most of them.

I thought the road over Wolf Creek pass was a little scary, but this road made it seem like the interstate - at least I was driving a small car and not the RV.  After crossing the 10,910' Molas Pass, we finally dropped down into Silverton (2010 population of 638).

And of course a shot of the Durango/Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway train is required.

Well this post is already too long, so I'll tell you about the rest of the day tomorrow.

Photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

9/16/12 event date