Sunday morning, after leaving our camper in Montrose, we headed south to Ouray, Co. Ouray is a small mining town in the San Juan Mountains; it's referred to as the Switzerland of America. The trip did not disappoint. We were driving a 2 lane road through the valley, ahead of us was high mountain peaks with snow, green mountains on either side. As we climbed to Ouray, we stopped along a rushing snow fed river... I really can't describe this too well. Needless to say, it was the most favorite place to date. We ended up going through Ouray taking the 13 mile trek to the top of Red Mountain pass. You really need to experience that road. Having been to the Alps on two different occasions, I must say that this brought back many memories with many similarities. What was missing was the totally snow covered peaks, otherwise it was perfect.
We took a hike up to a waterfall, had lunch at a park in town, kicked the soccer ball around and just relaxed in the beauty of the mountains. After doing some shopping in town, we headed back to Montrose and began our trip to Utah.
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| Ouray from the road to the pass |
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| Shopping Ouray, Colorado |
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