Train Ride to KC

The kids and I recently took a train ride from La Junta, CO to Lawrence, KS. I've had several people ask how it was so I thought I'd do a little post. The drive from Durango to La Junta is 5 1/2 hours and we did have some bad weather. The train ride itself was great! We rode the train overnight and slept most of the way. On the way home we had a couple hours of daylight in the morning. This allowed us to do some exploring on the train. We had a nice breakfast in the dining car and spent some time in the lounge looking out the big windows. This was way better than driving with 2 kids and we will definitely be doing it again.

Getting off the train in La Junta. On the way to KC we were in lower level but we rode up top on the way back.

Goofballs hanging out in their seats. The train wasn't full so we each got to spread out on two seats to sleep.

Playing in the lounge.

Driving home to Durango. The conditions were pretty bad but we made it.