Durango, Colorado: Railroad Grit, Ancestral Puebloan Ground, and the Road That Cost a Million Dollars a Mile

A week basecamped along the Animas River, chasing a narrow-gauge whistle, two borderland ruins, and the most talked-about highway in the San Juans. Forty-two years ago, a much younger version of this trip happened at the same address. Before Fitting In Adventure existed, before the RV, before any of it, a family stayed at what’s … Read more

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Baker’s Bridge & Lime Creek Road: An Outlaw Footnote North of Durango (and a Detour to Know Before You Go)

Baker's Bridge near Durango, CO

One short stop on US-550 worth the pullout, and a backcountry road worth knowing about before you tow anything oversized. Baker’s Bridge North of town on US-550, Baker’s Bridge crosses the Animas River at a spot that’s become shorthand for a very specific piece of outlaw folklore: the river jump Butch Cassidy and the Sundance … Read more

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