Re: "The Bean" & merchant miseries

Scott, we HAVE to have been in the Bean together because it was also my favorite and frankly only place for breakfast and in fact many lunches.
I'm with you on the "keep Chama what it is", at least to a major extent. What I bemoan is the all too-often apparent dischord between the railroad and the town. I've often hoped that it's nowhere near as bad as I've felt it to be, that it's just my own impression. To me, the two are or at least certainly should be inseparable.
I do think it's too bad so many who ride the train arrive in town and board the train, then get back to town and jump in their cars and leave. It's been hard to watch that happen again and again, day in and day out.
I, too, most certainly don't want to see Chama become a Durango. I only wish there was somehow a better and more cooperative relationship in place between the town and the railroad, which really includes the owners, operators and the Friends.
These things take time.
John