Cruise Hosted by Doug & Glenda McMahan

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Photos labeled DBC-06/16 were provided by David & Becky Clark

Photos labeled DOC-06/16 were provided by Doc Lambert

Photos labeled RCG-06/16 were provided by Robert & Cydnie Geyer

Photos labeled WNMP-06/16 were provided by William Nolan & Mary Pittman

Photos labeled FMP-06/16 were provided by Fred & Margaret Proctor

Photos labeled SRW-06/16 were provided by Steve & Rhonda Weible

Photos labeled provided by Doug & Glenda McMahan

DAY 5 - Wednesday 6/22 Today - there was NO DRIVING THE CORVETTES
	Some enjoyed breakfast at the Palmer before heading to the train station - everyone was on their own to get to the train station
		Doc testing out the small elevator in the General Palmer Hotel
	this morning was an early one since we had to be at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train Depot at 8am to pickup our tickets for our Trails & Rails Adventure Package
	we walked over to the meet location for the shuttle
		we rode a Mild to Wild Shuttle from Durango to Silverton - Frank was our driver
	The Cobra club that is staying in Durango came up behind our tour bus - Frank allowed them to pass us
	even in the bus, the ride up the Million Dollar Highway was great; Frank (driver) made it even more fun and hilarious at times
	We made a few stops along the way This one was to enjoy some great views.  It was also to look down into the valley at the cars that went off the cliff and that were left down there
		not much left of most of the crashed vehicles & motorcycle ...others could be identified at least as being a pickup or car
	our last stop before Silverton was at an overlook ...it also had a pit stop facility
The TRAILS Part of Our Excursion
	once in Silverton, we met up with our Off-Road Tour; Frank was one of our three guides (for our 3 vehicles)
	a short ways out of Silverton, we spotted a young Moose getting a drink of water
then we spotted a beaver home			the old ore trolley still hangs above head when you go out of Silverton
	then we came to our turn-off; time to head up the mountain
lots of streams coming down out of the mountains			more wildlife
	our first stop along the climb to the summit was a historic house
	the river behind the house was running swiftly
	a three story house (guess a 2-1/2) the photos right / right bottom were taken from the 3rd floor window Doug is standing at
		The house had a great view ...with the river behind it
		on up the road, Frank told us a story about this shack that he played at when he was a kid
	Frank picked a handful of flowers and shared that this was the state flower of Colorado He gave each of the ladies in our vehicle one
	time to head on upward on the mountain
		Next stop was at a waterfall - Frank said if you looked closely, you could see a rainbow effect due to the large volume of minerals the water is exposed to
Hear and See the Waterfall
	time to head on up the mountain
		waterfalls were almost everywhere you looked
	our final stop was at an old silver mine which also had a large volume of snow great group photo time
	you couldn't see much of the abandoned silver mine ...the tracks ran into the small hole under the snow - which had water coming from it
	we had to turn around here since the snow was still 3+ feet deep over the road
we hurried down the mountain after the guide was warned of a storm brewing.  Needless to say, we did not get back to town before the storm hit us.  Good thing they had canvas tops for the jeeps it did help a little - unless you were on Doug's side of the vehicle - rain was coming in diagonally
Back in Silverton
	After returning we were on our own for a couple of hours to enjoy Silverton and to grab lunch - most ate at the Bent Elbow
	we watched as an earlier train left for Durango each train is composed of different passenger car/coach types - most offer the gondola (open) cars and 1st Class coach
	At 3pm we were at the train depot ready to board our train to return to Durango
SAME DAY - MORE CURVES