Durango Connects on the Animas River Trail
Durango High School students join hands during Wednesday’s Durango Connect event on the Animas River Trail north of Rotary Park. JOSH STEPHENSON/Durango Herald
Students from Riverview Elementary School and Mountain Middle School prepare to join hands across the Animas River near Durango High School for Durango Connect on Wednesday morning. STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
“The kids call me Mr. B,” said Johnny Bertrand, a physical education teacher at Riverview Elementary School. Bertrand was helping direct foot traffic on 29th Street before the start of Durango Connect on Wednesday morning. STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
Johnny Middleton, 16, entertains fellow Animas High School students as they wait for the moment of where they “Durango Connect” on the Animas River Tail near the Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Durango Connect 2013, was being documented from a helicopter to people on inline skates blazing down the Animas River Tail near the Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Students from Riverview Elementary School join hands along the Animas River Trail on Wednesday morning for Durango Connect. STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
After Durango Connect is over, chalk drawings remind passers-by of Wednesday’s event. JOSH STEPHENSON/Durango Herald
Sarah Anthony, 16, takes advantage of a warm sunny Wednesday morning and relaxes before the start of “Durango Connect” on the Animas River Tail near the Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Students, teachers, parents and volunteers from Riverview Elementary School head to the Animas River Trail on Wednesday morning to take part in Durango Connect. STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
Animas High School students look to the sky as a helicopter flies overhead recording video of participants during, Durango Connect, on the Animas River Tail near the Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Students from Riverview Elementary School join hands along the Animas River Trail on Wednesday morning for Durango Connect. STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
Animas High School students look to the sky as a helicopter flies overhead recording video of participants during, Durango Connect, on the Animas River Tail near the Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Animas High School students look to the sky as a helicopter flies overhead recording video of participants during, Durango Connect, on the Animas River Tail near the Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
