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Our fanciest meal of the trip: dinner at a Mexican food restaurant |
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The view out the window of the restaurant; the lights on the mountain is the sun trying to shine through the clouds. |
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The "tiny" bridge is below Box Canyon Falls, a mile or so hike from the motel |
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The head of the canyon toward Red Mountain Pass |
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This was the second overnight stop of the trip. After dinner we checked in at the motel then everyone but me went to the Hot Springs to soak and slide. I was asleep before they returned!
This town is wedged into a small valley with a very similar mining history to Telluride. But it never made the transition to mining tourists big time giving it a sleepy nature. There still is an operating gold mine in the area, a bottled water plant, and an ice climbing park.
It is only 10 miles to Telluride but is 50 miles by road! |
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Looking down the valley and the easiest way in and out of town. There is only one highway through Ouray, US 550. |
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