A very neat town in far southern Colorado. I have to admit that my expectations were quite low. I didn't really expect that there was much to Durango, let along much in Durango. But I was wrong, and I love that I was wrong.
This June 22 the Burmeisters celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary. For the occasion the whole clan gathered from San Francisco, Chicago and Denver to caravan down south to Durango. It was a great week filled with great memories, isn't that what you really want your family vacation to hold, lots of great memories?
On our way down we swung by the Great Sand Dunes. I was amazed at this gigantic sand box right in the middle of nowhere mountainous terraine.
We had snow sleds to slide down the hills. It took some work but we were finally able to send the kiddos down.
Some of the highlights of our trip included riding the famous Narrow Guage Railroad.
This was especially exciting for Elias.
The train took us up into the mountains outside of Durango to the zipline park called Soaring. It is a one-of-a-kind, largest-in-the-world zipline park. There are 30-some zip rides that take you through the trees, over rock formations and cliffs and over the ginormous Animas River.
This is a picture of Addison and Traeton linking together for a tandem zip over the river.
This is a picture of Traeton and Addison zipping over the Animas River! Exhilerating!
The last night we were together as a family in Durango all of Glen and Jan's children and grandchildren put together a special evening for the lovely couple. We made a gourmet dinner that they enjoyed out on the deck of our cabin as the sun set. All the children took turns serving them and performing for them.
It was very special for us to honor them and their marriage in this way, I hope they enjoyed it as well.
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