re: Heading to Durango/Pagosa Springs in March

Do NOT go to 4 Corners. i repeat, do NOT. Complete waste of time and MONEY.
Mesa Verde isn't far away and is nice to spend a half day at. You have to book in advance if you want a guided tour. If you plan on going there, be sure to look into that. Not sure what you can actually do their in March though with the snow.

Durango's downtown area was nice. Check out the Strater Hotel. interesting little old time saloon you can have a drink and some lunch in.
The Crepe place, dont' recall the name but it's just a food truck, is supposed to be the best place to get somethign to eat in Durango.
We had good pizza at Fired Up, and tacos next door at Switchback. Fired up had this smoked mozzarella and jalapeno dip that was amazing.

If it's possible, i'd recommend driving to Ouray and spending a day there instead of spending an absorbent amount of money on the train ride. Ouray has a community pool that's all heated by hot springs. it's a small water park basically with several pools, and all of them are around 100F. Has 2 or 3 small slides for kids and a rock wall in the water. Also has an adults only pool.


Pagosa is a nice little town, much smaller than Durango. you can hit up the hot springs and i'd recommend eating at Riff Raff on the river. They have good beers and the food is surprisingly very good. they have this sour cream type dip for their chips that is fricking awesome, and their jalapeno cream cheese burger is pretty good. there will be plenty of places nearby to get some gummies and what not if you're into that.
and make sure to eat at The Rose for breakfast, and be hungry when you go there b/c you're going to be full when you leave.
Had some good pizza at the Break Room Brewery as well.