RE: Re: Denver

Donna, If you take a detour from Denver and go up to Colorado Springs, don't
miss a horse ride (if they still do them) through the Garden of the Gods.
It's as beautiful before plants start appearing as it is after!  Deer are
rather friendly, so don't be surprised if they approach you!  The rock
formations and trees (some pretty contorted in some areas) are amazing.  I
think it was about this time of year when Bill and I took our trip to the
Garden.  I believe there is still a Santa at the top of Pike's Peak if the
road is open, too, and if its like it was a few years back, they had a nice
train set up (not people size) to see in Santa's workshop.  (Heavy snowfall
forces closure of the Peak because of the grade of the road up the side of
the mountain.  The view from there is pretty breathtaking, too, if memory
serves me right.

Bill and I love that area.

Blessings,
Bonnie

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:23 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Denver

no sleeper car or sleeping on a train at all.... motorcoach to a town,
get on a train, end up in another town for the night dinner and hotel...
next day, on another train end up in another town etc....


From what I understand it hits the following towns:

Starts in Denver, to Alamosa- to Durango(day trip, but two nights here) - to
Ouray- to Leadville back to denver.

Hopefully someone knows where I am talking about :)

Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard T. Apking
Sent: 3/5/2004 2:21:16 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Denver

> Donna,  Not an old train, but the trip to Glenwood Springs via Glenwood
> Canyon is really great, especially from the vista dome cars.  When I went,
I
> traveled on the Denver&Rio Grande Western.  If you go south of Denver,
> there's several senic old time type, read steam powered, trains operating,
> most of them require a few weeks or months advance registration.
> From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 6:04 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Denver
> 
> 
> > Concerning my Denver request- I have an opportunity to take a train ride
> > in that area... 5 days, 5 towns, via a few different old trains thru the
> > countryside by Denver....
> >
> >
> > Curious if anyone has ever done this? Not sure I really want to do this
> > or not... anything a gardener would be interested in seeing in Aug?!?
> >
> >
> > Donna
> >
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