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Mother Nature returned to watering her lawn and this time she was determined to do it right. Street Atlas showed that I was less than a mile from the highway.The road turned north and came to a steep, almost vertical drop off leading to railroad tracks below. I checked the Eagle County #4 map and could see that the road once crossed where the tracks are now laid. Apparently, that crossing was destroyed by the railroad. There is now an access road running along side the tracks in a north/south direction. I eased the Rodeo down the steep step and onto the access road. According to Steet Atlas, the closest crossing was at Pando. I turned north and followed the road to Pando.
When Camp Hale was being used by the army, Pando was the railroad station serving the area. There is nothing left of that station today. The road crosses the tracks and intersects with Highway 24 between mile posts 158 and 159.
HAPPY TRAILS!
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