Ramada Limited-Durango

... and a night enjoying the big walls of the canyon and doing some hiking in the river, a great enjoyable way to spend a hot day. If you ever get the chance, the Narrows is a must experience. Rent some shoes and be prepared to be wet pretty much all the way up to your chin.<br><br>Off to Durango, CO. A cool town, but not as cool as Mesa Verde. Abandonded cliff dwellings near the four corners area. All I can say is WOW. most ...

Yesterday was a huge day in Mesa Verde National Park. We staggered into Durango, Colorado for much needed rest. Mum has not been feeling well today, some sinus thing that she got on the flight over no doubt. This town inspired Ayn Rand to include it in her epic novel Atlas Shrugged. It is a very ...

Yay! Tonight we had our first show (1 of 2) in Durango, CO and it went phenomenal! Everyone kept talking about how "it' happened. For those of you that have been involved with theatre before, then you know that "it" is. During each of our songs tonight there was an ephemeral moment, a moment in which we all felt the goosebumps and had to blink back tears. We felt like the audience could really understand our message and music. We touched lives tonight ...

... t-shirt that I wore that day was almost black with sweat by the time I got to the top.<br><br>But what a view! I felt such a sense of accomplishment! Despite the fact that there was dirt in my socks, my pants were caked with mud, my calf muscles were cursing, and my arms refused to leave my side, the view of the Durango community atop of that mountain was a reward in itself. When I have a chance, I will post pictures.<br><br>Of course! One picture is with ...

... our eyes closed - and try desperately to balance without touching the seats on either side of us. It was so much fun :)<br><br>I am happy to introduce my newest host family! Betty is a retired school teacher and lives a few miles out of Durango. She has two Shih Tzu puppies named Lexy and Jazzy. She lives below a mountain and her home is surrounded by wildlife. We saw a deer lazily cross the road just in front of her home as we arrived ...

... seeing my family again, but three whole months of it is probably too long. I was hoping an internship this summer would make working a little more interesting, but that never panned out with this ****** economy (should have spent those long hours in college applying, on more worthwhile ventures like binge drinking and videogames). <br><br>That being said I can't wait to &#21435 ...

... ricocheted off the walls of the bowl, appeared to dissipate, then echoed back off the walls of the adjacent rifts after delays of more than 5 seconds. No wonder they were an hour late. <br><br>Unfortunately, the camera battery was charging back at the house. While it was nice to have a light load, the cell phone camera doesn't produce great shots. Better than nothing though.

Finally, after two plus weeks of traveling (no complaints..it was awesome), we arrive at our home. After we left Flaming Gorge, we headed into Colorado and then through Grand Junction and Ridgeway/Ouray/Silverton to Durango. We stopped in Ridgeway and stayed two days. The scenery here is absolutely beautiful..like none other ...

... We thought we were in for a shock but what a surprise, it was fantastic! Huge, with an upstairs room, microwave (which we subsequently discovered didn't work), and fridge. Being 10 miles out of town, we really did not feel like hoofing it back into town for supper so, once again, salad for dinner though we were hoping for something warm as it was cold outside. Grateful though for the accommodation and very comfortable at that.

... when he left, as having "more people, more condos, more cars, more noise, more congestion, more everything ..." He didn't think to consider that, perhaps, his perspective had changed or that he might have idealized his hometown during his absence. Change, of course, is inevitable. And Durango really doesn't seem all that different to me now. Next, he denoted "three" things about American society that had become "foreign" to him: --1: "The richness of its soil." A poor pun that ...