May 30 Ouray Colorado Jeeping

Ike and Joann (from Minnesota).

Ouray Colorado Jeeping – May 30 2018

Our friends from Minnesota, Ike and Joann, wandered through Colorado and decided to rent a Jeep in Ouray.  Since that is close by (ha! Only 300 miles!) and our Jeep needed some exercise, we decided to drive out and join them.  The people in Ouray (rhymes with Hurray) believe that Ouray is the Jeep Capitol of the World.  It is certainly beautiful and a lot of fun.  Many of the trails were still not open because of snow – but we found some great places to see!

We arrived just after the rain stopped, at around 5pm, so we decided to try a “romantic evening ride” up Yankee Boy Basin:

View starting up Yankee Boy Basin (our Jeep)
Ike and Joann going “under the ledge”
View from the top of Yankee Boy Basin
The day of rain gave us some fun water crossings
Quick hike to a waterfall along Yankee Boy Basin
We went “under the ledge”, too!