We’re solidly into the second half of this trip, and we’ve moved into a new state. We arrived here in Cortez around lunchtime, then went into Cortez to explore.

We found a Safeway and picked up some groceries. We looked for a coffee shop, but the one that looked interesting closed at 2 PM. Nuts. Leila did find a quilt shop, and then found a quilt kit she likes. It will look great on the wall at home.

Next we took a side trip; our campground’s address is actually Dolores, Colorado, but is a good eight miles from there. When we got into town we first noticed Railroad Avenue, but no train tracks. Soon enough we came on an old train depot that contained a museum for the narrow gauge railroad Rio Grande Southern. Out front was one of their Galloping Geese, a depression era mashup of Pierce Arrow car and box car. It was all very cool, and a nice warmup for the train trip coming up in Durango.

Tomorrow…we go to Mesa Verde National Park.