In the Home Stretch

In case you are worried, the Riders are safely in Louisville Kentucky. I am having a Basil Hayden Bourbon, which according to Kim our bartender at the historic Brown hotel is the best there is and I believe her.
The Riders have had many adventures and I will use this time to try and bring everyone up to date.
I left off as we were headed for Durango. We stayed at the Apple Orchard Inn where every room is named for apple. It was very cute. They had dogs who like to smell us like they have never smelled anyone from Connecticut. I guess we have an unique odor.
Durango was very nice but seemed to be trying to find itself... is it a upscale yuppie town with trendy alternative lifestyle types or is it a cowboy town with cute shops and restaurants?
We had drinks at a saloon with an 82 year old piano player and then had dinner at an upscale restaurant under an umbrella while it rained. Very romantic if you like wet meat.
A highlight of Durango is the Silverton Railroad that is a steam engine that goes up to Silverton Colorado a old mining town in the mountains. We ate at a place called Grumpy's where I felt that I belonged. The restaurant was on Blair Street which was where all the working girls lived.
The riders wanted to meet the locals so we went to the Durango Brewing Company "Real Beer, Real Town" for a bluegrass jam sessions. I was concerned that we might have been in a Deliverence reunion. About a dozen jammers came in to play and I asked why it was so popular, until the bartender told us that the brewery provide free beer to the jammers which explained why every street musician was in the bar. I was able to get a couple of spoons to play but the bartender told me I had to really try and by that it was after 9:00 and I was not at my best.


Tim & Gail