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Cancelled due to low participation.
CIRP 2009
Any questions about this tour, email David Dornfeld
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This Post-Conference Tour is designed to
give you a taste of this beautiful part of the country
or, get you started on your own Southwest adventure.
Durango to:
Santa Fe, New Mexico – 240 miles
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona – 315 miles
Colorado Rockies scenic highways to Denver – 335 miles
Las Vegas, Nevada – 615 miles
Colorado Dude and Guest Ranches
Golf Resorts in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona |
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Arrive Durango Colorado, La Plata County Airport
via Denver CO, Albuquerque, NM or Salt Lake City.
Welcome Dinner
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Mesa Verde National Park A UNESCO World Heritage Site
YouTube Video, Mesa Verde .. the long house ranger hike
Elevations range from 6,100ft /1,860m to 8,400ft/2,560m
Average Temps August/September:
Days 82ºF, 28ºC
Nights 64ºF, 17ºC
The prehistoric Native American culture - the Anasazi, are best
known for their adobe and sandstone dwellings
built along and under cliff walls.
Their Cultural "Golden Age" was between 900AD and 1130AD.
They left the area in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Our day will include:
Park Ranger tours of dwellings built under the cliffs
Self guided tours of pit houses built on the bluffs
Box lunch in the park
The museum and gift shops with fine Southwest,
Native American Pottery and Silver Jewelry
Dinner - a western bar-b-que in Durango |
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The Durango and Silverton Railway
YouTube Video, Whistle and departure from Durango, Engine #486
A National Historic Landmark.
A Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Track gauge is 3 ft / 914 mm.
The track was originally built between 1881 and 1882, by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad,
to carry silver and gold ore mined in the San Juan Mountains.
Length of track today is 45 miles / 72 kms.
The steam-powered locomotives used today
were built during the 1920s.
Our day will include:
3+ hour Train trip to Silverton
Lunch on your own in Silverton
Train trip or bus trip back to Durango
Tour of the locomotive repair shop.
Dinner on your own in Durango |
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Rent a car and continue your Southwest adventure.
Or, to the airport and home. |
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