Pauli’s (Train) Ride to the Rocky Mountains

Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Pauli from Highlandlake/Mead, Colorado.

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I haven’t attend formal church services now for over 10 years. Instead, I find my spiritual connections in the countryside that surrounds my rural home in Highlandlake/Mead, Colorado and the mountains to the west that tower over the landscape. During the summers, we frequently head for the high country  to soak in God’s   glorious creation. Except for the two years we lived in Kansas while my husband was in the military, I have spent the whole of my 60+ years within sight of mountains; whether it be the Appalachians in Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia,  the  San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains in Southern California, or for the past 40 years, Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. I think I feel closer to God in the mountains than anywhere else on earth.

On Sunday, July 31, 2011, we headed out to Silver Plume, a small, once thriving mining town in the mountains above Denver. Once there, we took the famous steam train over the historic Georgetown Loop railroad from Silver Plume to the Georgetown terminal known as “Devil’s Gate,” and back to Silver Plume again. The ride is about an hour and a half long through spectacular, rugged scenery and takes you over and under the famous (now rebuilt) Georgetown Loop trestles.

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