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01-02-2015, 12:34 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Trip Planning Advice Request.
Laura and I are in the very early stages of planning a late spring or early summer trip to visit Colorado.
Specific goals are to ride the Silverton/Durango railway, visit Mesa Verde, fly to Leadville.
I am looking for hints/thoughts/ideas etc for this trip. What airports are good, where is a good place to stay, eat etc. Any other sights that we should not miss??
What time of year is best for this adventure, what to expect in the way of weather??-------VFR pilot BTW.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010 
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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01-02-2015, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Reno NV
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Trip Planning Advice Request.
Mike: Direct Cedar City direct Cortez CO, rent a car for the drive to Mesa Verda then the drive to Ridgeway along the $1M/mile highway then south to Durango then west thru Famington, Shiprock to Cortez. It is an all day drive or you can stop overnight along the way. The highway near Ridgeway is closed for winter starting ???? That should give you a start. Those bushes along the side of the highway in many places are not bushes but the tops of very tall trees over the edge of the highway, two lane highway with hair pen turns but a beautiful drive. I taught school on the Navaho Reservation for 4 years in Shiprock NM from 1969-73. Dan
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01-02-2015, 01:14 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Thanks Dan, lots of driving on that route.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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01-02-2015, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Livermore, CA
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It's been quite some time, but I've been to the Durango airport. Seemed reasonably GA friendly, rental cars, etc.
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01-02-2015, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Hilton Head Island
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Although not with the RV, we did go to Durango in August and the weather was perfect!
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01-02-2015, 01:34 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Bob, is that the one south east about 15--20 miles from Durango?
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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01-02-2015, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Woodbridge,va
Posts: 78
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That sounds like a great trip. Keep us posted. Joe
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01-02-2015, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tampa (BKV)
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My only advice is to do the mountain flying early in the morning. I'm not much help when it comes to the wrong side of the Rockies but if you get to the east side, stop in and say hello.
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01-02-2015, 05:12 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoRv
if you get to the east side, stop in and say hello.
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Bill, will keep that in mind. I am thinking that we may go east before we head north from Durango area to Leadville-----Bit longer flight, but more friendly terrain.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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01-02-2015, 05:18 PM
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VAF Moderator / Line Boy
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
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Easy non-stop from our place to Montrose Mike - I did that last summer on the way to Wichita. Good big field and reasonable fuel prices. Not much to stop for before you get there anyway - and then lots to see wast of there!
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