Yesterday, July 27, 2012, I booked a train ride for our youngest grandchild and her family, and Aunt Shannon to go to Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Tallen has been WANTING to ride a train….wanting, wanting, wanting.
So Terry and I thought….heck, why not!?!
We left the train station at 10:23 in the morning.
(This is the old station, but I loved the building and the charm. Too bad they don’t use it anymore.)
The trip took 1 hour and 45 minutes. Terry followed us by car—van–because the trip back was the next day. With irrigation there is no way we could spend the night, and for sure not because our irrigater (for when we are gone) was with us on the trip.
Terry put the water in a spot that must have 12 hours to get wet, off we went.
What a delightful way to travel! And cheap also…only $78 for seven of us, one way.
Blade enjoyed a short rest.
We kept track of Grandpa, but he couldn’t see us. All the windows were black to him.
Still there were hopes he would see us!
Terry said the train moved at a good clip…about 55 m.p.h. through the towns, and 70-75 m.p.h. on the countryside.
He met us as we unloaded.
Then off we went for a short stroll around Glenwood Springs and get a bit to eat for lunch.
After that we drove to the Hanging Lake turn-off for a hike to Hanging Lake.
I’ll tell you more about that in the next post!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
She got to ride the train! Yay! And what a dedicated grandpa.
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What a great idea! Tallen looks like she’s a fan for life, too.
Great old building – sure hope they find a good use for it, instead of letting it fall down!
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What a great adventure! I’m glad it worked out so you all could go along.
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Yea for getting away for awhile!! Looks like a fun trip. Glad all of you got to go.
Blessings!
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I remember my first (and only) train ride with such fondness. Lucky children.
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That is a neat thing to do for your grandkids. I grew up riding trains and have been to both coasts on trains. It’s a great way to travel!!
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The Railway Station! If I didn’t know that this blog was coming from the USA and the photo of the railway station was just there, I would have concluded. “Oh yeah, another closed Australian country railway station”! Must be something about the modelling of railway stations, eh?
However, all is not lost, well here anyhow, many of these now unused railway stations (no trains)
have been turned into local tourist bureaux or “country style restaurants”, also now that the trains have been discarded into the bus depots to take people to major junction stations. ( Shades of what I
go through when visiting Young, NSW! And you know what I think of that business – coming up
again in October – dread, dread and dread!)
When having to catch the XPT from Sydney to Cootamundra and then that long wait (2 hours) for the
XPT from Melbourne to arrive, as soon as the train has cleared the outer suburbs of Sydney whic is
over 90 minutes, I sit glued to the window viewing the livestock and the crops, plus the mobs
of kangaroos and the flocks of cockatoos etc. No “cell” phones for me – ha ha!
At least your station, still had a train!!
Very interesting blog, especially being able to keep track of Terry in the vehicle!
Hope you have a treat weekend. Here it has been perfect (so far – now Sunday morning)
Cheers
Colin (Brisbane. Australia)
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How fun is that!!! A trip those kids will remember forever.
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For kids a train ride is everything. We don’t have trains here anymore. There’s one that goes from Calgary to Vancouver but it is extremely expensive.
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I love Glenwood Springs!
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Awesome!
One thing I regret not doing while we were in Alaska, was taking the train from Fairbanks to Anchorage.
Hubby used to be able to walk down to the highway and flag the train down and ride it to New Orleans, but you can’t do that any more. 😦
Have a blessed Sunday!
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I love riding on the train, it is my favourite mode of travel and so sad that they no longer use the old railway stations.. why can’t they keep them open.. glad that you had a good trip, looking forward to the next installment.. c
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Sounds like great fun – especially the fact that you could see ‘Grandpa’ as you travelled along!
I am a huge fan of old railroad stations. They reek of history!
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That is totally the coolest grandma and grandpa treat that I’ve heard of for a long time! Fantastic…and how absolutely sweet of Terry to drive so you could come back that way…..and thus make the trip possible. Fabulous. Love the pictures and the songs and pix in the post above this too…. we took an Amtrak trip once and loved it….
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The first time I came to Colorado was by train. Chicago to Grand Junction. It will forever remain the vacation of my lifetime.
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What a wonderful gift to give your grandchildren!
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Fun!!! 😀
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What a great outing! You are making some good memories with those grands! 🙂
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