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We booked a family weekend adventure on the Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (One of the top-rated scenic rail journeys in the world) this past weekend. Had one daughter and grandchild fly in and then we and they plus our local daughter's family drove from Salt Lake City to Durango, Colorado for the adventure. There were three trains scheduled for Sunday, at 45-minute intervals. We booked the middle one. Got 10 miles out of Durango - and stopped. Locomotive broken. Able to move, but not climb the 4% grade to Silverton. It was the first time in 25 years that they had to abort a trip. Lucky us, huh? We couldn't rebook for the following day because both daughters have work commitments. They did make a full refund, but man what a disappointment. Durango, Colorado is a beautiful little town with grundles of things to do and see. We'd love to try again someday, and plan to. More info HERE
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I hear Durango is inundated with tramps because of marijuana legalization. Did you see lots of homeless and beggars? Been years since I've been back, but grew up there.
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All of colorado is full of questionable people now that recreational marijuana legal. Be sure to lock everything up and watch your back at night.
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Did that trip about 7 years ago, really enjoyed it. We'll do it again one of these days.
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That must have been the Little Engine That Couldn't.....
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Bummer Rocky but at least you got to visit with family. I thought I was the only one that experienced a once in a quarter century mechanical that nullified the vacation plans I made.
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We saw several MJ outlets, but no questionable people at all. They did advise us that it was not unusual to see a black bear in the motel parking lot at night, but that was the only semi-scary thing we were aware of.
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That's the second family vacation in a row that has been cut short/ruined for mechanical issues. We arranged this one to make up for the nightmare houseboat trip we experienced a year ago. The family all said they know both events were beyond our control, but I'm sure feeling snakebit about trying to plan family get-togethers.
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I hear Durango is inundated with tramps because of marijuana legalization. Did you see lots of homeless and beggars? Been years since I've been back, but grew up there. Durango has been full of dope smoking hippies for a looong time.
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Bummer about the trip, Rocky.
I'd enjoy doing it someday myself.
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That's the second family vacation in a row that has been cut short/ruined for mechanical issues. We arranged this one to make up for the nightmare houseboat trip we experienced a year ago. The family all said they know both events were beyond our control, but I'm sure feeling snakebit about trying to plan family get-togethers. Well, if you're planning a vacation on a cruise ship next spring, please book Carnival - since we're going on Royal Caribbean.. 
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We are going on a cruise next year, but I'm not the one booking it. It's a class reunion sort of thing, and I don't even know which cruise line yet. When Claudia and I cruise, we use Norwegian.
We have a different train trip coming up soon. But this one is the Rocky Mountaineer in Canada, and I'm positive it will go smoothly.
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Rocky, that sounds like a bad deal, sometimes, sometimes, the other thing is better?
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We booked a family weekend adventure on the Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (One of the top-rated scenic rail journeys in the world) this past weekend. Had one daughter and grandchild fly in and then we and they plus our local daughter's family drove from Salt Lake City to Durango, Colorado for the adventure. There were three trains scheduled for Sunday, at 45-minute intervals. We booked the middle one. Got 10 miles out of Durango - and stopped. Locomotive broken. Able to move, but not climb the 4% grade to Silverton. It was the first time in 25 years that they had to abort a trip. Lucky us, huh? We couldn't rebook for the following day because both daughters have work commitments. They did make a full refund, but man what a disappointment. Durango, Colorado is a beautiful little town with grundles of things to do and see. We'd love to try again someday, and plan to. More info HEREDang! That's too bad Rocky. When my son was about 6-7 years old I took him on the train--it was the third time for me (Second time I rode it was to get off at the Needles stop for a backpack hunt). Anyway, on the day with my son they added extra cars and had to hook up a second locomotive to make the grades. Now that was a sight to see two locos going full bore up the grade! I'd never seen them do that before. It's worth the trip. If the logistics are possible a lot of people leave a vehicle in Silverton and drive back to Durango, makes for a shorter day. Casey
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I hear Durango is inundated with tramps because of marijuana legalization. Did you see lots of homeless and beggars? Been years since I've been back, but grew up there. Durango has been full of dope smoking hippies for a looong time. Locoweed legalization hasn't changed a thing in Colorado. Follks who smoked still smoke, folks who didn't still don't............ Casey
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively...
Having said that, MAGA.
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Too Bad Rocky. If you got a chance the Chama,NM to Ophir, CO during the turn of the Aspens is really nice too.
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A few weeks back we're in Boston,
Drive down to Plymouth, where the Mayflower 2 is permanently docked, specifically to see the Mayflower 2.....
Turns out, the Mayflower isn't there, just sailed for Connecticut for a spitshine in preparation for the upcoming 400th anniversary.......
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That's the second family vacation in a row that has been cut short/ruined for mechanical issues. We arranged this one to make up for the nightmare houseboat trip we experienced a year ago. The family all said they know both events were beyond our control, but I'm sure feeling snakebit about trying to plan family get-togethers. If I were you, I wouldn't book any vacations involving flight...... 
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That's the second family vacation in a row that has been cut short/ruined for mechanical issues. We arranged this one to make up for the nightmare houseboat trip we experienced a year ago. The family all said they know both events were beyond our control, but I'm sure feeling snakebit about trying to plan family get-togethers. If I were you, I wouldn't book any vacations involving flight...... ^^^^^^^^^^^^ This...
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