Scott & Kathy's Big Trip		email Scott Turner
previous chapter home album index		(Click most photos to enlarge.) To the Colorado Mountains The 2 Intrepid Adventurers set forth on their 25th anniversary trip. Inaugurating the journey with a $30 bottle of French wine & an American hot dog. cooking dinner by the shores of Lake Erie, NY at Monarch Pass, 11,316 ft., CO the Blue Mesa Reservoir on our way to Ouray, Colorado the view before entering Montrose; the San Juan Mts. in the distance main street of Ouray, CO approaching Red Mountain along the Million Dollar Highway Kathy among the mountains along the Million Dollar Highway between Ouray and Silverton, CO Red Mountain along the Million Dollar Highway between Ouray and Silverton, CO Scott with the San Juan Mts. in background the view before entering Montrose; the San Juan Mts. in the distance We spent a day doing the round trip on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The route of the train follows the Animus River gorge. At mid-day, the train let us off in Silverton, Colorado. Kathy at the Bent Elbow Restaurant, Silverton, CO Barkeep, serve me up some sarsaparilla! returning from Silverton to Durango, along the Animus River through the rock pass View of the Animus River from the car, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad the narrow gauge train, along the canyon Kathy cooking dinner at KOA camp site, Cortez, CO Mesa Verde in background Kathy at Cortez, KOA campground, CO San Juan mountains in background At Mesa Verde National park, a ranger-guided tour introduced us to the Cliff Palace. Kathy at Mesa Verde the Balcony House in the background! fire damage at the cliffs at Mesa Verde, CO Kathy investigated this old disused chuckwagon at a picnic ground. storm coming up at Mesa Verde, CO San Juan Mts. seen from Cortez, CO sunrise at Cortez, CO morning at our KOA camp site, Cortez, CO note tent of French tour, and 5 rabbits in the foreground
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