SPONSOR LISTINGS

Visit the official site for the Durango & Silverton Railroad
or call 877-872-4607

Bar D Chuckwagon
970.247.5753 - 888.800.5753
Great Western stage show and delicious barbeque supper. Open nightly Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Reservations required.

Boot Barn
830 S. Camino Del Rio,
Durango 970-247-7720 www.bootbarn.com
While you're in Colorado, skip the souvenir shops. Instead, take home the real - the Wild - the west from Boot Barn.This is where cowboys find everything you want incouding shirts, jeans, hats and accessories.

Soaring Tree Top Adventures
970-769-2357
www.soaringcolorado.com
Tree Top Adventures, the largest, safest zipline tour available anywhere, has just gotten larger. In 2011, three new spans will open to the public, making a total of 27 ziplines in the ecofriendly course.

Grumpy's Restaurant
& Saloon at The Grand Imperial Hotel
1219 Greene St., Silverton 81433
1-800-341-3340 • www.grandimperialhotel.com
World-famous French Onion soup. Live honky tonk piano. Featured in John Feilder's "Best of Colorado." Open year-round. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Full bar with microbrews on tap. Located at the Grand Imperial Hotel.

Natalia's Family Restaurant
970.387.5300 - Silverton
Just 60 feet from where the train stops! Affordable family dining, serving hot American, Italian, and Mexican favorites.

Strater Hotel
699 Main Ave. - Durango
970.247.4431
Get on board and experience the charm, history and excitement.
Inside the Strater:
Mahogany Grille
Henry Strater Theater

The Jewelry Works
965 Main Ave - Durangp
970.247.3173
Creators of custom one-of-a-kind jewelry.

Southern Ute
Cultural Center & Museum
www.southernutemuseum.com
Come Live Our Story. Opening June 2011

Stay the Trail
www.staythetrail.org
The mission of Stay The Trail Colorado is to encourage the responsible use of the roads and trails that are open to motorized recreation in Colorado. Stay The Trail Colorado is a program of the Responsible Recreation Foundation. Looking for resources and information aout the use of off-highway vehicles? visit Stay The Trail for maps and up-todate information.

Often considered among Historic Downtown Durango's best kept secrets, East Second Avenue is certainly worth a walk up the hill. Indeed, it's a unique destination with a personality all its own.

When the founding fathers set out to define Durango in the late 1800s, East Second Avenue, between 5th and 12th Streets, was conceived as the buffer separating the hustle and bustle of Main Avenue and the stately residences and churches on Third. It would become home to civic offices and, as Durango grew, Second Avenue also adopted an "industrial" flavor. Though vital to residents, these businesses weren't especially sought after by visitors.

Early in the 1990s, however, the Komick/ Wildfang family launched a renaissance, beginning with the renovation of a rundown boarding house and hotel, which brought back to life the now highly-prized and historic Leland House and Rochester Hotel. They continued the effort with some of the smaller adjacent residential properties that have taken on new life as, for example, interesting and unique retail offerings and restaurants such as Cyprus Café, fine dining with a Mediterranean flair.

Even if not enjoying an overnight stay at the Leland House and Rochester Hotel - two separate buildings that face each other on opposite sides of Second Avenue - the establishment is well worth a visit. Designated as "The Flagship Hotel of Colorado" by Conde
Nast -Traveler (1996), the buildings are veritable history museums - the Leland honoring Durango's early leaders and "characters," and the Rochester featuring Durango's past as "The Hollywood of the Rockies."

By 1996, Steamworks Brewing Co. and the Durango Arts Center had redefined the now designated historical buildings once known more for the automobiles they housed than the food, fun and culture of today. Because they are historic buildings, the businesses have
necessarily fit their operations to the buildings, making each one-of-a-kind.

The avenue continues to evolve, and is filled with a number of interesting treasures just waiting to be discovered, including playful and unusual public art pieces scattered up and down the avenue. Second Avenue may be "up the hill" and slightly off the proverbial beaten path, but it is truly worth a "second look."