 Operating Boiler Pressure, 195 psi |
 Back End of Parlor Car, D&RGW Emblem |
 Inside of Parlor-Class Car |
 Engine #488 Claims the Right-of-Way |
 Engine "Blow-Down", Steam Release to Reduce Pressure From Downhill Travel |
 A Sight Out of the 1880's |
 Engine #484 Crossing "Cascade Trestle", Built in 1889 of Iron |
 Awesome Gold! |
 My Lunch at Osier, Salad Bar Selections, With a Million Dollar View |
 Elegant and Functional Chandelier in Parlor Car |
 Our Lunch Competitors on Engine #488 Steam Towards Cumbres Pass |
 Approaching Toltec Gorge |
 Pensive |
 Mud Tunnel (milepost 311.3), Dug Through Soft Volcanic Ash, Lined With Timber to Avoid Mud Slides |
 Looking Back at East Portal of Mud Tunnel (milepost 311.3) |
 A Couple Miles From Sublette, NM |
 Weather is Definitely Deteriorating, As Well As Visibility. Whiplash Curve |
 Negotiating Whiplash Curve |
 In the Cloud |
 3 Miles From Antonito Station, and the Rain Never Let Up |
 Approaching the Sangre de Cristos, Morning Clouds |
 Sangre de Cristos, After Day-Long Rain |
 Sangre de Cristos, After Day-Long Rain |
 Kit Carson Peak (14,165') is Up There, Somewhere |
 The Best Smoked BBQ Yak Sandwich.....Ever! |
 Best Muffin Ever, Bliss Cafe |
 Willow Creek Drainage, Access to Kit Carson Peak, to the left of summit |
 Kit Carson Peak (14,165'), extreme right |
 Crestone Town Hall |
 Little Shepherd in the Hills Episcopal Church, One of Many Spiritual Centers in Crestone |
 Town Hall Light |
 First Season's Snow on the Summits |
 Approaching North Crestone USFS Campground |
 Many Spiritual Centers in Crestone |
 Must be an Obama Supporter? |
 Best Smoked BBQ Yak Sandwich Ever, Bliss Cafe...Be Sure to Stop Here! |
 Shambala Tea House |
 Crestone Creek Drainage |
 Kit Carson Peak, extreme right |
 Arkansas River, Below Boathouse Cantina, Salida |
 A Moment of Reflection |
 Ghost Signs, Boathouse Cantina, Formerly Manhattan Hotel |
 Life is Good, In the Boathouse Cantina |
 Time to Enjoy a Sip of Brew, Boathouse Cantina, Salida |
 The Gold on the North Shore of Turquoise Lake |
 Aspen Among the Fir |
 Aspen on the North Shore of Tuquoise Lake |
 Aspen on East Side of Turquoise Lake |
 Early Morning (7:00AM) View of Mt Massive, From Super8 Parking Lot |
 Mt Elbert With Season's First Dusting of Snow |
 Mt Elbert (snow capped on right), Across Twin Lakes |
 Mt Elbert (snow capped on right), Across Twin Lakes |
 Mt Elbert (14,433'), snow-capped near center |
 Looking Back (easterly) on Twin Lake Shoreline |
 Blue & Gold |
 Tall, Incredibly Straight Trunk |
 Best Stand of Aspen I've Ever Seen, Mt Elbert (background) |
 Golden Canopy |
 Distant Mt Elbert |
 How Many Trees Do You See? One! |
 The Tall Ones |
 ...More Gold Coins |
 Open-Air Crapper |
 Dexter Cabin, Constructed in mid-1890's |
 Fireplace Inside Dexter Cabin |
 Complete With Indoor Plumbing, Full Bath and Running Water |
 2nd Floor Views |
 Inter-Laken Resort Log-Hewn Stables |
 Inter-Laken Resort, Granaries |
 Hotel, Inter-Laken Resort |
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 Reflections of Elbert Massif in Twin Lakes |
 Reflections of Elbert Massif in Twin Lakes |
 Lunch |
 Pieces of Gold on the Hillside |
 Reflections Easterly, Across Twin Lakes |
 Best Buds, Trails End |
 Our Next Condo |