I just got back from a week-long trip with some friends to Colorado. I have been with my family to Colorado every summer since 1989 except for 2003 -- late July to early August. When my Dad told me he wasn't going to go this year, I decided that I, with my own "income" and all, would just go myself. The mountains are an excellent relaxing agent. I know that I am at my best in the "real world" in the immediate weeks after I get back. I highly recommend spending a week in Ouray, Colorado if you need to get away. It's not very expensive and it's the prettiest place I've seen in the continental US.
I had never been to Colorado during the fall before, and I was really surprised by how pretty the Aspen trees are. They are bright green during the summer, but they turn almost fluorescent yellow in October. From a distance, they almost make it look like the surrounding pine trees are on fire.
Fake looking Aspen Trees
On our last day in Ouray, we drove down the Million Dollar Highway, (aka US 550), to Silverton. Silverton was also once a mining town, but now serves a gift shop at the top of the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, albeit a very pretty one with very old buildings. Buildings that once were saloons and brothels, now sell T-shirts and postcards. We rode the train down to Durango -- an unbelievably scenic ride, especially in fall foliage. I highly recommend putting down the $45 and making the trip. I took some movies from the train that I will post after I've had some time to edit.
They use coal-powered stream engines, built in the 1920s
A shot taken from the train
The Animas River, from the train
Our luxurious cabin was about 10'x10' and provided electricity, but no plumbing and no bedding.
Luxurious!
More to come later. I'm tired of uploading pictures.
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