Ice House Lodge Telluride

... whole scene was so colorful and perfect it almost didn't seem real. It was the same feeling I had at Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon. It was like we were in a painting or something. Because of the color of the lake, and the fact that there were no trees around, I was reminded of pictures I've seen of Iceland (a place I have always wanted to visit). I have to say this hike is definitely one of my new favorites. I can't wait ...

... of hiking and sight seeing throughout the town, and ate and drank the way a group our size and age would be expected to.<br><br>Sorry I don't have more pics of the group, I was mesmerized by the scenery!<br><br>Maybe when I get together with them next I'll have some to add.<br><br>Hope all are well!

... was both very<br>interesting and sad. I loved seeing the Indian head dresses made of<br>feathers and playing in a Tipi (teepee). I also loved the cradle<br>boards that the babies were strapped to for travel on their mothers<br>back. They had beautiful bead work to determine if the baby was a boy<br>or girl. The boys had geometric shapes and the girls flowers and<br>such. I was sad to see how the early US government broke their<br>promise to the Indians 4 times in various ...

... off to Cortez! <br> We had allowed ourselves some time to check out the fair before the gates for the demo derby opened, but we soon realized that we were there WAY early. Every time Silas and I have gone to a fair together (Western Montana fair in Missoula, Marias fair in Shelby, MT, and this fair- the Montezuma County fair) I have been very disappointed with the animal barns and the midways. I always end up saying something to the effect ...

... view of mountains in 3 directions. Ethan, Connie and Wade drove up to Yankee Boy Basin (4 wheel drive mountain pass) while Antoinette and Amanda relaxed at the hotel. Nice side trip. Would love to go back and check out some of the other mine sites and tunnels. More pics to come later.

... that lots of people had the same idea because it was also packed.  We both got breakfast bagel sandwiches to go and went to the main street to find a place to watch the parade from.  The whole main street was lined with chairs, but they were mostly empty- I guess people set them up early and then went back home or out to eat or something.  As it got closer and closer to 10 we noticed that most of the chairs were still empty, so we decided to ask some people what time the ...

... showed us the tools they used to mine and basically the workday of a miner. The mine had been mined for silver, gold, copper, among other metals. The guide told us that it never really was a good mine as it didn&#8217;t have enough of the minerals to make money. Our guide had been a contractor and had worked in the mine briefly. <br><br>Silverton was a cute little mining town and we ...

Day 3: Durango to Silverton on the Narrow Guage Railway, (overnight in Cortez) We checked out of the grand old General Palmer at the crack of dawn, and caught a vintage steam locomotive in the rain to Silverton on the narrow guage railroad. The ride was great fun for all of us, and especially so for Keith, who is a real railway buff. We all had assigned seats in one of the covered ...

... sports, slows to a crawl during the off-season, and other than a few walks down Main St. and stops for coffee, we hibernated at Box Canyon Lodge, soaking in their wooden, mineral springs hot tubs while mavelling at the view of the mountains and Box Canyon Falls, and utilizing their comprehensive movie library for in-room viewing.

... saw us stop over at Farmington. Farmington on a Saturday evening is rather dead. We had dinner at the RiverWalk (Best Western), a fairly good place. The next day we drove through Colorado country. This is a beautiful part of the United States. That we were driving through Fall colors made it even better. The road to Telluride goes along the Dolores river - and it's a beautiful drive all the way ...