Pictures from a homesick monkey.

[Erisianmonkey]

Well, I got to feeling a little homesick, so I was browsing some pictures that I had taken on one of my weekly treks out into the mountains back down in Durango. Then I thought, y'know, the folks on the forum might enjoy a couple three of these.

Here's one taken about 4 miles from the house I grew up in. This is looking down into the Junction Creek Valley. The mountains you see are the La Platas.

Here's one a little further up the road, looking down at the Hermosa Cliffs in the Animas River Valley. Interesting note, if one were to walk straight down from the spot this picture is taken about 600 yards, you would see another valley in between, called the Falls Creek Valley.

Last but not least, here's a lucky shot of a rainbow taken from near the summit of Kennebec Pass.

I know it isn't kilt or Scotland related, but it is highlands...

[cessna152towser]

Lovely pics; did you ever get to ride the Silvertown & Durango Railroad?

[Erisianmonkey]

I've rode the Durango and Silverton twice. My uncle designed a Railbus that they used to use to transport workers for a resort halfway between the two towns. (In fact, he later modified that design and built railbuses for the Skagway railroad in Alaska.) If you ever get the opportunity to ride that train, do it. It is one of the very few remaining narrow gauge trains in the US. If you have vertigo or a fear of heghts, however, make sure you sit on the side that will be passing close to the mountain. For a good portion of the journey, the train is on a narrow ledge blasted out of the mountains that has a straight drop into the Animas River of about 400 feet. Since you're a train buff, Alex, I'll see if I can't find my pictures of the train and the depot in Silverton. I believe we've also got some of the Denver & Rio Grande museum in Ridgway. I'll PM you when I get the album set up on photobucket.

[starbkjrus]

snip... I'll PM you when I get the album set up on photobucket.

Oooooooo Oooooooo Oooooooo, me too please.

[mkmound]

OOOOOHHHHH! Thanks for posting the pics. Southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico are some of my favorite places . . . brings back many fond memories of family vacations growing up.

[TimC]

Whao! That looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.

-Tim

[thescot]

Man . . . that is really nice. The hillbilly/Scot/Scots-Irish blood in me really gets worked up when i see the mountains and valleys like that. Makes me want to retire sooner so I can move to the North Carolina foothills!