And onto Durango..

Durango is a beautiful town situated on the Animas River and is surrounded by beautiful mountains and valleys. Glen was in his element and was able to fish from the river that ran next to the RV park we called home for two nights. He managed to catch and release 3 trout from the river even though the locals said this part of the river wasn't that great for fishing. 

This is his fishing kit that he has with him here, complete with bear spray for emergencies! Hopefully he won't need it! 

Downtown Durango has many beautiful shops and I have had to restrain myself. There were a couple of home furnishing shops that we could have decked out our entire house in. So sad that we do not have places like this at home. Glen particularly liked the outdoors shops, but found that they were a lot more expensive than in other areas we have been in. 

Durango is also the home of my dads hunting guide friend and owner of Coyote  Outfitters, Donnie Moffit. We caught up with Donnie who took Glen and Tilly for an explore of the local mountains looking for wildlife. Apparently other than deer and bears, there are also huge mountain lions in these parts. Whilst they went on their tour of the mountains I stayed behind and sampled some of Donnie's special made red wine.

    

              Donnie and the girls

Probably one of the most disturbing things I have seen so far on our trip was unfortunately here in town.

Colorado has recently legalized the medicinal use of marijuana, however, given the amount of smoke and bong shops there are just in this small town, I highly doubt that it is all for medicinal purposes.