Bent's Fort and Royal Gorge RR

Great pictures of two great places.. Are you still in that area?

We went to Bent's Fort many years ago, when our grow kids who now have kids were kids. We were staying around Raton at Sugarite State Park & woke up to snow on the ground (yep, it was in June, I believe). We decided to drive down in elevation to warm up.

We all enjoyed it. A neat place. Lot of history & I learned things I'd not known. Very rewarding.

We did the Royal Gorge RR train trip with our daughter, her hubby & their 3 yr old son in 2012. We really enjoyed it, more than I thought I would.

Earlier, We'd ridden one of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, coal fired, narrow gaged Steam Trains from the 1880s or so. The Royal Gorge RR train (I believe it's a 1950s diesel) was such an easy riding & comfortable trip. A world of difference than the Cumbres & Toltec RR. Enjoyed them both!

TyroneandGladys wrote:
Great pictures of two great places.. Are you still in that area?

We are staying in Lakewood co for the summer.will return to Casa Grande on Oct 1

DesertHawk wrote:
We went to Bent's Fort many years ago, when our grow kids who now have kids were kids. We were staying around Raton at Sugarite State Park & woke up to snow on the ground (yep, it was in June, I believe). We decided to drive down in elevation to warm up.

We all enjoyed it. A neat place. Lot of history & I learned things I'd not known. Very rewarding.

We did the Royal Gorge RR train trip with our daughter, her hubby & their 3 yr old son in 2012. We really enjoyed it, more than I thought I would.

Earlier, We'd ridden one of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, coal fired, narrow gaged Steam Trains from the 1880s or so. The Royal Gorge RR train (I believe it's a 1950s diesel) was such an easy riding & comfortable trip. A world of difference than the Cumbres & Toltec RR. Enjoyed them both!

I was hopeing you would respond
We return to Ariz via I25 and I have never seen anything near the Glorieta pass that talks about the Battle.
I am a history buff and have been to the Picacho site in Ariz.Do you have any idea where the site is?

Make some suggestions for your trip back . Stop and spend one or two nights at Bear Lake . Then either take 160 to 285 south thru Taos to Santa Fe and pick up I 25 there or continue on 160 To Durango and Mesa Verde NP. Leave Mesa Verde see the Petrified Forest NP on your way to Flagstaff taking I 17 south or take the shortcut from Holbrook through Payson to Phoenix

RWDIII wrote:
I was hopeing you would respond
We return to Ariz via I25 and I have never seen anything near the Glorieta pass that talks about the Battle.
I am a history buff and have been to the Picacho site in Ariz.Do you have any idea where the site is?

RW, I've not been to it. But here's what I found:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/glorieta-pass.html?tab=visit

http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/copy-of-battleofglorietta.htm

http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/glorieta1.htm

Summer ScheduleMemorial Day to Labor Day: Saturdays and Mondays-1:30 p.m. Civil War in the West-Join a ranger or volunteer for a two-hour van tour of Battle of Glorieta Pass sites, including Camp Lewis, Apache Canyon, Canoncito, and Pigeon's Ranch; hear about the characters and events that defined this often overlooked battle.

Winter Schedule Labor Day through Memorial Day: Saturdays-1:30 p.m. Civil War in the West-This 90-minute van tour begins at Kozlowski's Santa Fe Trail stage stop. Next you'll be driven to see the bluff overlooking the confluence of the Glorieta Creek and Pecos River where Tex Austin, "Daddy of the Rodeo," hired architect John Gaw Meem to build a house. Completed in 1926, this structure later became the summer home of Pecos National Historical Park benefactors E.E. "Buddy" Fogelson and his wife, Academy Award-winning actress Greer
http://www.nps.gov/peco/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield#mediaviewer/File:Interpretive_sign_at_the_Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield.jpg

DesertHawk wrote:

RWDIII wrote:
I was hopeing you would respond
We return to Ariz via I25 and I have never seen anything near the Glorieta pass that talks about the Battle.
I am a history buff and have been to the Picacho site in Ariz.Do you have any idea where the site is?

RW, I've not been to it. But here's what I found:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/glorieta-pass.html?tab=visit

http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/copy-of-battleofglorietta.htm

http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/glorieta1.htm

Summer ScheduleMemorial Day to Labor Day: Saturdays and Mondays-1:30 p.m. Civil War in the West-Join a ranger or volunteer for a two-hour van tour of Battle of Glorieta Pass sites, including Camp Lewis, Apache Canyon, Canoncito, and Pigeon's Ranch; hear about the characters and events that defined this often overlooked battle.

Winter Schedule Labor Day through Memorial Day: Saturdays-1:30 p.m. Civil War in the West-This 90-minute van tour begins at Kozlowski's Santa Fe Trail stage stop. Next you'll be driven to see the bluff overlooking the confluence of the Glorieta Creek and Pecos River where Tex Austin, "Daddy of the Rodeo," hired architect John Gaw Meem to build a house. Completed in 1926, this structure later became the summer home of Pecos National Historical Park benefactors E.E. "Buddy" Fogelson and his wife, Academy Award-winning actress Greer
http://www.nps.gov/peco/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield#mediaviewer/File:Interpretive_sign_at_the_Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield.jpg

Thanx for your reply
We will at least stop at Ft Union and maybe Ft Craig
I had always thought that the California column was involved