Salida Stories


On the road to Yellowstone: Historic Salida , Victoria Bar , RV Repair

On the road to Yellowstone: Historic Salida and the Victoria We left Santa Fe at 1:30 and headed toward Salida. We stopped and fixed dinner at the historic marker for the Overland Trail. In this part of the trail, you can still see faint wagon ruts in the distance. We made it to Salida just in time to find the perfect place to park for the evening...


Trainwreck narrowly avoided : El Vado Lake / Chama to historic Salida, Colorado

Trainwreck narrowly avoided : El Vado Lake / Chama, New Mexico to historic Salida, Colorado. Ahem. Twice this year we have narrowly avoided railroad crossing accidents. Both times Robert was driving and Laura was copilot. Earlier this year at a very remote Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyon) railroad crossing in Mexico, a crew cab came at us ...