Where we go; what we see.
Colorado has so many beautiful areas where outdoor recreation thrives. Ouray is one of our favorites. Ouray calls itself the Switzerland of America. There are mountains, streams, passes and gulches, abandoned mines and mining towns, wild flowers, trails and waterfalls.
Cindie and Howard Parks led a group of us through these beautiful mountains and showed us some areas we hadn’t visited before, but for sure will come back to again.
Here are some of my favorite photos from this adventure.
After our successful evening ride, we were excited to be up early and spend the day Jeeping. We drove south to Corkscrew gulch – a little muddy to start, but lots of trees – until we got to the switchbacks (yuck!), but beautiful views of the famous red mountains!
We then headed along a shelf road to Hurricane Pass – here is a video clip Chuck took of the shelf road
Chuck’s video clip coming down California Pass:
Had a lovely lunch among some dandylions
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:
