The Leadville Train

 Even though we've had temperatures in the high 80's, it's officially fall. Fall in Colorado is beautiful with the yellow aspens and the evergreens. So, we headed up to the mountains in search of beauty. We read about an old historic train in Leadville. We were shocked to have snow on our drive up and pretty cold temperatures. We stayed a night in a hotel, bought ice cream at the Safeway for a midnight (well 9 o'clock) treat and headed to the train early Sunday morning.

The train went 11 miles up and the same 11 miles back. It took 3 hours with a quick break to get off and take a look around at the old water pump. It was COLD and we were grateful for our indoor seats, but as the morning went on we ventured out to see the mountain side. It was fun, and as I suspected, just a little too long to hold their attention, but a nice day nonetheless.

We missed the aspens peak color by about a week, but it was still a new place and a new adventure for us all.