Final blog from the road?

Mile 6363

We are at the Lost Dog Bar and Lounge in Durango, Colorado for dinner. This might be our last blog from the road, so here it is:

Right after breakfast we took a walk around the town of Glenwood Springs. Although it's pretty touristy, it would be a nice place to come back for a visit. Paid our respects to Doc Holliday at an establishment that is now a store called Summit Canyon Mountaineering. You can check them out by clicking here. Found out at that store that the area is very good for rockclimbing. Sounds like we found a really good reason to come back.



From there we headed south through the Elk Mountains for some more scenic driving. It was really nice, but when we hit the town of Ouray and the San Juan Mountains, that's when it really got good. Apparently, this stretch of the 550 Highway south of the town is known as the "Million Dollar Highway." It is ranked among the most spectacular scenic byways in the United States. Another gem we stumbled onto. In the picture you can see that the beginning of the drive overlooks the town of Ouray. The drive surely ranked among the best of our trip. We have to thank John and Jen for suggesting this route. Fortunately, the storm that had been threatening since we got into the mountains held off until we got past the 6-mile "Million Dollar" part. We pretty much got hammered with rain until we got to Durango. We found some shelter in one of the abandoned mining buildings that are scattered all along that route. Funny, we thought it was going to be another beautiful day because the weather was so nice in Glenwood Springs.

Tomorrow the plan is to go to the Four Corners Monument where the states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico come together at a single point. After that we will probably drive straight home since we have seen just about everything else west of that point.