As the sun beams down, Dorothy Flood, 75, stands on the steps of the Royal Gorge Route Railroad train, smiling like a 1940s movie star.
“Right there! Then turn around, right there!” photographers call out, jockeying to snap her picture. “Here we go, count of three — one, two and three!”
And with a tip of his cap, a porter offers Flood his hand, and her “Wish Of A Lifetime” begins.