Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Day 4 - San Juan Skyway Colorado

Durango, to Silverton, to
Ouray, to Telluride Sky Resort and Village...


Durango, CO


the road to Silverton is two lane, no side guard rails and a 10,000 foot canyon over the edge, its 26 miles and takes 45 - 60 minutes to drive.  You DO NOT speed.
There were times I was wishing I could sit in Kenneth's lap, I just wanted to be away from the edge of the drop off, But SOOOO Pretty. The Aspen had turned and the y had received snow at the higher elevations for the previous four days.

ENJOY...






































Silverton, CO







Here is where we ate breakfast...




















the Silverton - Durango Train comes into town, but we didn't see it, it wasn't due for 2-3 hours.





Miners Monument












on to Ouray, CO
pronounced (youray)







old mine site
































Kenneth took these two photos of the lake reflection...




















Ouray, CO

























as we were driving up to Telluride we saw in the distance a bunch of cars pulled over...
I told Kenneth
"Unless there are elk or something, don't stop"










Mark another one off his list...
Elk - check








 Bridal Veil Falls is here, at 365' they are the tallest free falling falls in Colorado.



I didn't even see the building at the top until
we downloaded the photos and we going through them.
It's a power plant.















I told Kenneth that this is probable the only bear he would see...












 they have a free gondola ride that takes you over the mountain from the Village to the Ski Resort. So we rode.


going up...









the Village side...












at the top...


going back down to the resort side...






















the houses look like toys...







we spoke with some locals who informed us that rental property here on the ski resort side is $1000 per square foot!  On the Village side it drops to $500.00 - $1000.00.








Day 5 - Utah to Arizona...
check back I still have 10 more days to go...

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