Time for lunch

On Thursday , Ron and I took a drive to Osier, Colorado. Osier consists of one main building on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad line and a few smaller out-buildings.

Osier, Colorado

Its significance is that it is the meeting point of the Eastbound train from Antonito, CO and the Westbound train from  Chama, NM. The trains meet here each day around noon and the Osier station serves a lunch buffet. From Mogote Meadow, it's about an hour long drive up a dusty gravel forest service road.

Inside Osier Lunch Stop Depot

 
 By driving up, we got there ahead of the trains and had completed lunch before they arrived. The buffet is a real good spread, all you can eat for $10, so I'm sure we'll be back a few more times this summer.

Outside Osier Lunch Stop Depot

On our way back, we came across a Mormon church youth group from Albuquerque, NM , performing a Trek. They were dressed in pioneer clothing and traveling along the dusty forest service road for a historical re-enactment of the Mormon Handcart Migration.

Mormon youth group on historical re-enactment

Not my photos

We didn't whip out our cameras and start snapping. It just seemed disrespectful. So the pictures above are off the web, but look exactly like the kids we met. Fortunately for them, their Trek had added features not enjoyed by the pioneers....port-a-potties and a water tanker.

Further on down the road we took a side cut-off to a site overlooking another station (now unused) on the railroad. 

Unused station on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

This hilltop will be a great place to take a lounge chair to read a book and/or take a nap, assuming the bugs stay at bay.