A Bonus Day

We didn’t have much of a plan for the last couple days of our journey other than get to the Sand Dunes. The boys were excited to have a hotel pool open for a morning swim and Marshall and I took the opportunity to walk around downtown Durango to grab a coffee and breakfast burrito. 

After checkout, we checked out the railway museum, drove around the Fort Lewis College campus and walked around downtown as a family. We were all impressed with the free museum and it was a nice day to be outside. The drive to Pagosa Springs and up over Wolf Creek were beautiful and the view of the Sangre de Cristo range on the way to Alamosa was stunning. 

It was a short day on the road and we chose to stay in Alamosa (a bummy town according to D-man) vs. right at the entrance of the park. While Mexican food was originally the plan, we decided we wanted to eat outside and found a brewery downtown with outside seating before the sun went down. We wrapped up the night touring Alamosa State (not a great feel to campus). Being able to see these these different campuses and talk about them is something D-man hasn’t willing to do so this is progress. 

View of the river from our hotel room in Durango 

 



The cool coffee shop we got our coffee in downtown Durango 

Historic hotel on Main Street 

The view of Durango and the mountains from Fort Lewis College 

Historic train depot 

The museum 

The mountains above Pagosa Springs 

San Luis Brewing Co for dinner 

The moon rising above Alamosa 

We missed the 1st palindrome on this trip, but got the 2nd one - 186k on our Honda minivan.