Durango Two Step

Currently working on Vincent Malone #4, Durango Two Step.  If you have read the other books (#3 Fiction No More isn’t out yet, but will be soon) you might have a guess as to the meaning of the book title.  Vincent Malone will have a return engagement to Durango, Colorado, with some ugly consequences.  He will be teaming up again with the ever interesting George Younger.

Durango is another fascinating tourist town.  Located in southwest Colorado it is definitely a place you should visit.  Little Wikipedia info below:

The town was organized in September 1880 to serve the San Juan mining district. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) chose the site on the Animas River for its depot following a brief and most likely perfunctory negotiation with Animas City, two miles to the north.  The city was named by ex-Colorado Governor Alexander C. Hunt after Durango, Mexico, based on his favorable impression of that city resulting from a scouting trip undertaken on behalf of William J. Palmer, the head of the D&RG.

Main Avenue is a Nationally Registered Historic District that cuts through downtown Durango and is home to galleries, boutiques, restaurants, bars, and other businesses. Two notable and historic hotels, The General Palmer and The Strater, lie at the south end of the avenue, near the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot. With its combination of historic architecture, entertainment, and shopping, Main Avenue has historically comprised the center of Durango and is a popular year-round tourist destination.

Durango is one of those places that feels somewhat out of place in the real world.  Obviously it’s a tourist attraction but something about the location makes it feel like it has escaped much of the outside world and time has stood still.  Great restaurants alone are worth a visit; unless you’re on a diet.  Then, of course, there is the train; I've always loved trains so it was absolutely required to ride the train to Ouray. 

One of those great Durango restaurants is featured in Blue Flower Red Thorns; The Steamworks Brewery.  Vincent and George Younger had their first meeting there.  Fun place with great food and drink, well worth your time.

Mesa Verde is not far and worth the effort.  When my wife and I were there, some years ago, they would allow you to climb into the caves, seemed unwise at the time so that might have been discontinued.   Actually being able to walk around these ancient dwellings was a unique emotional experience.

Quick book update.  Santa Fe Mojo audiobook is now in post production and should be available soon.  Once SFM is complete, work on Blue Flower Red Thorns audiobook will begin with the same narrator and production team.  I have mentioned this before, but it surprises me how different the audiobook feels compared to reading--it is a different experience.  Hope you enjoy!