Re: Chasing the ng. for a long time

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> > As John says it probably fits the who cares
> cate-
> > gory.  My first overnight stay in Durango
> was
> > during 1956 in connection with Rocky Mountain
> > Railroad Club excursion.  I could not
> afford a
> > room at the Strater so I stayed at another hotel
>
> > a little farther up the street, the name of
> which I
> > do not recall at present.  Bathing
> facilities con-
> > sisted of pitcher and bowl.  Still, fond
> memories.
>
> Dirk Ramsey Wrote:
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> > Could it have been the Metropole?  I stayed
> there
> > during the 1966 Rocky trip.  I think that
> it was $4
> > per night.
>
> hudsonut1 Wrote:
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> > My first RMRRC trip was in 64 and I stayed at a
> > hotel across the street from the depot where
> the
> > parking lot is now, $2 per night!  Bath
> down the
> > hall.  Almost missed the train back to
> Alamosa!
>
>
> Maybe youse guys are all remembering the Savoy
> Hotel, IIRC a block south of the Strater:
> [attachment 52783 630319-tg-60.jpg]
> Photo copyright © 1963, 2013 by
> Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
>
> IIRC, I stayed there at least once, but I don't
> remember if it was on one of the Alamosa Kiwanis
> fall color excursions or on one of my trips
> between home in California and college in Colorado
> Springs.

That could very well be the one. I did not recognize the Metropole name, but it's been almost 63 years.
Savoy is a familiar name to me

Jimmy