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Above, at the Silver Screen Café in Gallup.

Today turned out to be a good one as friends Mitch Geriminsky and Dwight Kuntz stopped in Gallup en route to home in Lake Havasu, Arizona. They were visiting a friend in Colorado. They were going to return home tomorrow, but decided to head home today.

We met up for breakfast at the Silver Screen Café at the El Rancho Hotel.

While in Arizona, they did take in the railroad museum at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad station in Durango. They also went to, upon my recommendation, the Durango Bagel shop.

We talked about anything and everything while at breakfast.

Above, Dwight and yours truly in the cigar humidor room
 at Tee Pee Trading Post. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky.

Afterwards, we migrated in separate vehicle to the Tee Pee Trading Post in Lupton, Arizona to pick up some stogies. While there, we had a nice conversation with a long-haul trucker about cigars.

From there, they headed for Lake Havasu and I headed home to Jamestown.  

In Silverton, Colorado

Above, the Durango train about to depart Silverton. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

On our first full day in Colorado, Jessica and I went on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to Silverton.

Before boarding the train, we stopped at Durango Bagel. I had an onion bagel with just lox and cream cheese on it. It was excellent!

Above, yours truly at Durango Bagel. Photo by Jessica.

It takes (usually) three and a half hours for each way. On the way back from Silverton, we were delayed an hour due to a rockfall that left a boulder near or on the tracks. The railroad crew had to fire off two warning torpedoes and verify that the train had enough clearance to pass the boulder. It had six inches of clearance to pass it..

The ride was enjoyable and thanks to the monsoon rains we've been having, there were plenty of waterfalls to see.

Here's some photos of the train ride, Durango station and Silverton:

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