Train Ride!

This Saturday was about 1,000,000 times better than last Saturday. This time last week I was in the dregs of a sinus infection, reading page after page after page of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and waiting on the last of our payments on the VA house to clear.

Today? Today I was drinking wine on a train!

Have you heard of this? The two-hour train ride takes you deep into Royal Gorge, CO. Depending upon the time you reserve, you can eat a leisurely breakfast or lunch (we ate lunch) in a private booth, then make your way to one of many open, outdoor cars to take in the amazing view.

In all honesty, it was us and several large groups of senior citizens. (They get very grumpy when waiting in line to board. The lady behind us referred to some ladies in front of us as - I kid you not - both "hotsy-totsies" and "old cripples" simply because they got to board before she did. She was not messing around.)

A wine flight of local specials!

Even G hopped on the alcohol train! (<--see what I did there?)

We spent the first hour inside, taking it easy in our booth. And drinking. I'm not going to lie. It's so nice to be able to taste again. Then we headed out to get some pics as fall begins in the mountains.

This is an incredibly high "bridge to nowhere." It's a walking bridge that simply crosses the gorge. We are going back so we can walk it!

And! And! You can zip line across the gorge! We are sooooooo going to do this. We've decided we'll zip line across, then walk the bridge back. Done and done. It's going on the 2016 list, people.

 We saw some rafters, deer, and mountain goats.

The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cool and crisp, and bunny mama may be able to decorate for fall tomorrow! Bring on the pumpkins!