Wow...what a view off the deck! Did the fire get close to you last month?
We were in Boulder for Parents Weekend at the university last October. We went to Rocky Mountain NP - up rt 36, then back down rt 7. Even rt 7 was magnificent through the red rock canyons.
A friend was working in the oil patch in Farmington, NM many years ago and we skied at Durango. That was magnificent. I’ve never taken the train ride, but it’s been on my to-do list for many, many years. I took the Heber Creeper outside SLC years ago and that was a magnificent train ride (not the same caliber as Durango, however). Unfortunately they went bust and sold off all 11 of their engines including many steam locomotives. What a shame.
I think Durango is just a little too far out of the way on this short trip.
The fire was about 10 miles north. The wind was blowing from the SW so the fire was never blowing toward us. Still unnerving though!