Day 1 of our Utah to Colorado Train Trip

Every time we've driven through Glenwood Canyon, we've seen the train tracks that run along the river at the bottom of the canyon and say "Wouldn't it be great to ride a train there?"  And now we're going to!  A dome train will take us east from Moab, stopping overnight in Glenwood Springs, then on to Denver.  So that is the main purpose of this trip, and we've tacked on a few days before the train for some general Utah sight-seeing.

We had a rather long travel day today, with both of our flights delayed by 30 - 45 minutes, and a 3 hour layover in Denver, but we made it to Salt Lake City and are settled into our hotel. 

As usual we were ready early so we headed to the airport for our flight. Overall it went fairly smooth, with the incoming flight being a bit late, but Southwest sure knows how to turn around a plane quickly! We had supper in Denver airport, boarded the plane easily, then sat on our plane for quite a while due to a paperwork issue.  Rental car pickup was smooth and completely paperless. 

Mary got some pictures of the Rockies as we flew over them, as well as a snow-capped peak just south of Salt Lake City.  

Not much else to say about today.  Tomorrow we will sightsee, then head to Confernece Center to hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir practice in the evening.