We've been out peddling FeVa Fotos again. This time to archeologists and their ilk at the 2010 Pecos Conference, which was held in Silverton, CO. This is the first time (I think) that the conference has been held that far north.
Silverton is about 9,000 feet in elevation and the mornings were ... refreshing. There was ice on the windshield both mornings. We were glad we were snug in our little Casita (among the elephant herd of RVs) and not camping on the sports field like many of the participants!
We were a little cramped at our single table in the vendors tent and the weather was beautiful (it had been raining for days in Silverton!), so we opened the tent side and created an "annex." We didn't sell any of the prints there, but it gave a more open feeling to our presentation. We didn't sell a lot of cards, but I enjoyed seeing old friends from Chaco and around the southwest and it's always fun to be able to talk with customers about our pictures.
The setting couldn't have been lovelier! We were just south of the Silverton Visitors Center, the two-story Victorian building on the left of the third picture up, in an area surrounded by the San Juan Mountains and looking down the Animas River canyon toward Durango, through which two trains went each day (one is parked in the background of the picture showing the tents and the visitors center).
We had good evening meals, at Natalia's near the train station on Silver Street on Thursday night (top picture) - good ABUNDANT Mexican food - and the Pickle Barrel on Greene Street (the main drag) on Friday night. Really good prime rib and steak at the Pickle Barrel and the entrees are $2 off before 6 p.m., which we were lucky to take advantage of.
There are some little issues with the Casita that need to be looked at, but it still only took a little over two hours each way, going slowly over the passes.
Now it's back to reality time ... gotta end this and get ready to go to Escalante Days in Dolores to staff the SW Open School Minds in Motion booth this morning and then help Sandy get ready for company the next three days. Busy, busy, busy! TV
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We love Silverton! Hopefully sometime we'll be able to take the train ride from Durango to Silverton (assuming it still runs!!). Looks like you had a wonderful time!!
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