Large -- Medium Our room at the Strater hotel in Durango
	Large -- Medium Steam engine of a Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway train
	Large -- Medium At the train station
	Large -- Medium Boarding the train that will drop us off in the Weminuche Wilderness
	Large -- Medium Bagpipers played at the train station before departure
	Large -- Medium Alexi enjoying hot tea on the train
	Large -- Medium We spent most of our time in the open-air gondola
	Large -- Medium Nice view of some mountain lake
	Large -- Medium The Animas river, which the train will be following for the rest of the journey
	Large -- Medium Nice view of the engine going over a trestle
	Large -- Medium Bunch of shots of the Animas River...
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	Large -- Medium Approaching the high peaks of the San Juan mountains
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	Large -- Medium The weather took a sudden turn for the worse...
	Large -- Medium When we got dropped off from the train, we were forced to do an emergency tent pitch right by the tracks because of the pouring rain. We made good use of the time and ate lunch.
	Large -- Medium View of the hastily set up tent after the rain stopped
	Large -- Medium The next train passing through
	Large -- Medium The beginning of the hike
	Large -- Medium First rest stop of many...
	Large -- Medium Our first peek of the spectacular scenery ahead
	Large -- Medium The trail followed Elk creek (on the right)
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	Large -- Medium Looking back
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	Large -- Medium Pretty impressive stuff, right here!
	Large -- Medium Vestal basin, surrounded by 13,000+ ft. peaks
	Large -- Medium Beaver ponds
	Large -- Medium Very pretty emerald-green color
	Large -- Medium Climbing through a rock field
	Large -- Medium One of tributaries of Elk creek
	Large -- Medium Our campsite (can you spot the tent?)
	Large -- Medium I left Alexi relaxing in the tent, and continued onward towards the continental divide
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	Large -- Medium At ~11,000 ft, I started encountering snow packs
	Large -- Medium This is where Elk creek begins!
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	Large -- Medium Nothing like a big snow pack on a hot summer day!
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	Large -- Medium I'm starting to get above the tree line
	Large -- Medium Check out the waterfall in the background
	Large -- Medium This is about as high as I got. Still a bit short of the divide, but it was time to turn back because I promised Alexi I'd be back in 2 hours.
	3.8 MB movie A panoramic movie near my highest point
	Large -- Medium A shot on a mountain meadow on my way back to the campsite
	Large -- Medium Dinner time at the campsite! Note the bottle of wine.
	Large -- Medium View from our tent at sunset
	Large -- Medium Alexi climbing out of the tent in the morning
	Large -- Medium Another shot of the emerald-green waters of the beaver pond
	Large -- Medium Lunch break
	Large -- Medium Almost there!
	Large -- Medium Cooling off in the Animas river while waiting for the train
	Large -- Medium The train was a bit late
	Large -- Medium Here's our ride!
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	Large -- Medium The outside of the Strater hotel, where we stayed our first night
	Large -- Medium Alexi on the bus back to Denver
	Large -- Medium View of the San Juan mountains from the bus
	Large -- Medium Town of Silverton as seen from the bus
	Large -- Medium We had a 20 minute stop in Silverton, so we went out and snapped a few photos
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