Day 5 - Wednesday, October 10, 2012
As the sun was just coming over the mountain in Ouray, we were up and ready for the day’s travel. This was taken outside of our motel. The sun had not yet made it to the town.
As we were driving down the main street of Ouray, there was no traffic, but there was one deer crossing the road. This deer, however, had an injured back leg, and it was limping along. We all felt so bad for it. The day before, Daddy and Lucille had seen several walking down the main street!. We headed north out of Ouray, first filling up the car…$3.99 per gal.! Traveling on we were headed around the mountains to Telluride, CO.
We soon came to a wonderful view of the mountains we were going to travel around.
We stopped for a photo shoot.
A slowdown came when we met some road construction.
We observed the improvement of the mountain road and...
were amazed as we watched how they dug into the side of the mountain to widen the road.
Such a pretty ride going toward Telluride, CO.
The history of Telluride is that of a mining town back in the 1800's. Today, it is a lovely tourist vacation town. Notice the center of the street. It is an area for parking.
As we drove through the town, we kept our eyes open for a photo opportunity. We found one in a small park area so stopped for a group shot.
Continuing on, my sister spotted a real pretty cluster of aspen trees that were easy to stand in front of. So, we made a quick stop and postioned Daddy and Lucille for a picture.
There were lovely trees along the ski slopes. From what we saw, it looked like Telluride would be a fun place to visit again and especially during the ski season!
Going back along the same road from Ouray, we came to an observation area.
This is a close look at the summary, describing the beautiful road through these mountains.
My sister took advantage of the stop to capture the beauty of the area.
We didn't have an opportunity to see many mountain streams up close, but this was an especially pretty stream below the scenic stop.
Moving on around the mountain range back to Ouray, here is another picture of the mountain range. With the aspens scattered over the hillside it added to the beauty.
One interesting sign we began to notice was this sign...info. for trucks traveling too fast!
The ramp off to the right is where a run away truck can turn off and come to a stop.
This ramp was located on the Wolf Creek Pass, and my sister just happened to snap a picture. I didn't know what it was at the time.
We traveled on south of Ouray back on the Million Dollar Highway.
The color in the trees continued to amaze us as we drove on.
We just loved the mixture of yellow and the dark green.
The beauty continued as we headed south to Durango.
When we were going the opposite direction the view seemed different, and at times prettier.
We were so happy we chose this time of the year, and felt lucky that the trees were presenting a wonderful view of the changing season.
My sister had to document the areas that were suffering from a pine beetle.
Not everything was perfect. It was sad to see the dead areas in contrast to the beautiful healthy areas. We drove hard and made it back to Alamosa, CO, for the night. Ending Day 5.
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