OK Guys time for the next update we left Denver yesterday morning to head for Glenwood Springs its around 150 miles from Denver and famous for its natural springs. We had a 6 hour journey but were looking forward to it as this is rated as one of the best train journey's in the world. The first place we hit was Coal Creek Canyon the train just cut through with steep walls on both sides we then went through Moffat Tunnel this was 6.2 miles long and took round 15 m...

We have had our best day in Denver today got a few more train journey's booked and some essential shopping done and we also visited the State Capitol the building was quite cool and they had oil paintings of all 42 presidents (there has been 43 but Grover Cleveland has had the job twice!!) they were all painted by the same guy. Then we went to the ballpark to watch Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks take on Todd Helton and the Rockies, the game was a non event th...

OK folks here we are back in the hood we are here for another 2 nights before moving on and have managed to get free use of a laptop for an hour!!!!! I am starting to think we are the kings of freebies. Have a day of shopping,train booking and baseball tomorrow so will be in touch when we can. Hope everybody is safe and well at home. Take it Easy Marcus and Mel

OK guys you are getting your fill today!!! We took the Thruway connection from Denver to the Springs (its the greyhound long distance bus) Man they have all the weirdos and crazy people all together on them things. Once we had checked into our motel in Old Colorado City we had a little of the afternoon left to play with and decided we needed to unwind so found a cool little bar which we sat in called Meadow Muffins this place was unbelievable it had draft beer at...

Sorry we haven't updated for a while guys but the internet access out here is pants starting to wish we had brought a laptop!!!! Had a great journey overnight from Omaha into Denver and found our hostel its not in a desirable neighborhood unless you like drugs or PORN (martin) but the room is OK but you don't want to be out after 8pm!!!! We spent our 1st day doing a lot of boring things like laundry and booking onward journeys, you have to be one step ahead of th...