TODAY
A choo-choo for children
Day Out With Thomas 2007
Thomas the Tank Engine on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, today and MOnday. $16. 970-247-2733, 888-872-4607 or
The beloved children’s book character makes his annual appearance in Colorado, taking kids on 25-minute rail rides that leave the Durango depot, 479 Main Ave., every 45 minutes between 10 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. When the kids aren’t on the train, they can meet Sir Topham Hatt and have their photo taken, plus fool around in the Thomas & Friends Imagination Station.
MORE FOR TODAY
STARTING AT 9:45 A.M. | Prodigal engine | The Georgetown Loop Railroad season reopened this weekend with the return of historic steam engine No. 12 to service. The engine was the last steamer still in use by the Kahului Railroad Co. in Hawaii. Now it hauls tourists along the 2-mile, corkscrew route between Georgetown and Silver Plume. Adults $18.75; children 2-15, $14.25. | 45 minutes west of Denver on Interstate 70 | 888-456-6777 or
7 A.M. | 110th Strawberry Days Festival | Glenwood Springs’ annual strawberry fest gets going first thing with a pancake breakfast and then keeps rolling all day long with fun, games, entertainment and free strawberry ice cream. | Sayre “Strawberry” Park, at Hyland Park and Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs |
MORE FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY | Rockin’ the Ninth Street Plaza | Tunes by the Tropical Coyotes get downtown Greeley going, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Part of the city’s a five-week free concert series. | On Ninth Street, between Eighth and 10th avenues, Greeley | or 970-356-6775
SATURDAY | Free river rides | Get a taste of whitewater Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. when cityWILD takes anyone age 8 and up on a ride through the South Platte River rapids in Confluence Park. | near the 15th Street Bridge, Denver | 303-227-6862
