Tuesday, June 28, 2011

All Aboard The Royal GorgeTrain - Great Visit With Friends

(Canon City, Colorado) 78 degrees, hot, blue skies

John and Cathie
Our friends from Phoenix Arizona, John and Cathie, came to visit their daughter and her family.  Our campground was very close by so we arranged to get together for a fun train trip on the Royal Gorge Route Railway.  We met John and Kathie many years ago in Ixtapa Mexico.  In the past they came to visit us and we went to the Indianapolis 500 race.   We have also visited them at their home and in Sedona.  It was so good to see them and we all really enjoyed the train trip. 

We  had visited the Royal Gorge Bridge when we first arrived in Cripple Creek (see previous post).  The train runs along the Arkansas River for a 24 mile round trip and starts in Canon City.  The river is at an all time high and was roaring down the canyon. 
Arkansas River

Train station

Here comes our train to pick us up
We decided to make reservations in the vista car. There is a nice food service in this car and it is more elevated than the regular coach cars.  In addition, there are glass topped windows that give you a great view of the canyon and suspension bridge. 

Our car


The service was very good and Cathie and I really enjoyed our cocktails :).  After awhile we walked through the cars to the outside observation car.  Our best pictures were taken from this car. 





Royal Gorge Bridge and Cable Car
Big Horn Sheep
The trip was about two hours in length. The weather was perfect and it was great to be together.  Afterwards we took them up the Phantom Canyon (see previous post) and had a nice dinner at her daughters home.  It was a great day! We are planning to get together around the holidays in Phoenix - more fun times are planned. 

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5 comments:

  1. Sue and DougJune 28, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    what a fabulous way to spend the day!..great views from the glass topped car!!

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  2. RickJune 29, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Thanks for the train ride and fantastic pics of the river and gorge etc. What a great day.

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  3. pidgeJune 29, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Beautiful train ride. I guess this is one we are going to have to take. Do you go up into the mountains at on this ride? Great pictures. Love the blooms on the cactus. Stay safe.

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  4. Jane DeanJune 30, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    I love trains! This looks like a beautiful trip and the cars with the windows are great.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 1, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Thanks for the ride!! We are stuck home waiting on doctors...Ratz!! How did the Ark. River end up in Colorado? Guess I need to get on the road....
    UPRIVERDAVID

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