Our day started very early this morning when our two engines arrived at 6 a.m. to start moving us around to make one long train. We left the yard at 7:27 a.m.. The hooking up went much smoother than we expected, very gentle. With a little steam we were off and watching the countryside change as it went by.
We saw streams, canyons, mountains and plains and we all took lots of pictures of ourselves as we rounded curves, first one way and then the other. We did go through the second largest tunnel on the trip today and it was almost one mile long. It had no lights inside and it was so dark you could not see your hand in front of your face.
After being dropped at a side track in the town of Creel we took a tour of the mouth of the Copper Canyon and visited the cave of a Tarahumara Indian family. The man in the center is Edwardo, our guide. This family lives in this cave year round and there is a large opening up in the roof. They have lived this way for centuries.
The day was finished with dinner at the Best Western Hotel in town and then it was back to our coaches to get ready for the next day. So our ladders are up and we are ready.
