Lil Explores the Mountains of Colorado – 1925

Lil was in Denver for a few days, but she was planning rail excursions into the mountains.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/bus-train/best-colorado-trains

Lil writes to her friend, Mrs. Henry Garrett, about her trip.

Mrs. Garret lived in Drexel Hill, an historic neighborhood, about 8 miles from center-city Philadelphia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drexel_Hill,_Pennsylvania

A reference to “20 years ago” suggests a long friendship, perhaps earlier trips to the mountains.

The postcard, mailed from Denver in May of 1925, bears an illustration of the “Cripple Creek Short Line” RR making a night run in the moonlight.

The postcard was published by the Hyde Paper Company of Colorado Springs.

The illustration appeals to the wanderlust in me; I would love to be touring the mountains by train.

One hopes that Lil enjoyed her excursions in the Spring of 1925.