Amtrak

We traveled to Grand Junction Colorado to put my family on a sleeper car for a trip to Denver. The train was on time and all went as expected. 

The Union Pacific Railroad has engines on storage tracks for as far as you can see in the railyard at Grand Junction.

Waiting for a train

Ready to go...

On their way

Ouray Historical Museum

The Ouray County Historical Museum is located in the former Miners Hospital in Ouray Colorado. 

They have done a good job of gathering historical artifacts related to most everything that has happened in the county over the years. I find the mining and railroad history of great interest, but they cover everything including ranching, changing technology, fashions, toys, living quarters and much more.

The town of Red Mountain, located at the top of the pass by the same name is modelled. We explored this area by Jeep earlier in the year. It is nice to see it again in miniature.

This image of the snowshed covering the Corkscrew Turntable was one I had not seen before.

Restored log cabin and typical furnishings of the era

Bicycle used on the mine trackage

Beautiful grounds

Airstream and Campgrounds

I found I had a series of images of our 1995 Airstream RV so I put them all in this post. We get around pretty well with this unit and enjoy seeing the country in it. We have enjoyed travel in this unit since purchase in 1998.
Many years of exposure to UV rays was hard on the clear coat finish so we took it to Toledo Ohio to have the finish redone this spring. While we were in that part of the country we explored various areas and campgrounds.

At the Canal Park south of Toledo

East of Des Moines, Iowa

Outside Great Lakes Museum in Toledo

At the Meijer Gardens

Parked neat the Meyer May house

Our campground in Traverse City Michigan

Heading towards Mackinaw City

Parked at Whitefish Point Michigan

Not our Airstream, but I liked the picture.

Parked in front of power plant at Marquette Michigan

At the Iron Ore Museum in Michigan

Ore Museum parking lot

Marina in Lake City Minnesota

Julie in Lake City, Minnesota

Watkins spices in Winona, Minnesota

Outside Dubuque Iowa

River Museum in Dubuque

Campground just west of Kankakee, Illinois

Kankakee campground

This is where the Airstream was refinished

Pulling out of refinish shop in Helena Ohio