We picked up our friend, Sheryl Williams, by 8 in the morning and headed off to Ouray, Colorado.
Once there we started up the Million Dollar Highway turning off a short way above the Box Canyon turn off onto the road to to Imogene Pass.
We would go up this side of Imogene and come down into Telluride.
The weather was perfect!
This shows you the road up. To get to the top we will climb over 13,000 feet.
We took it slow, stopping and getting photos of wild flowers, and eating lunch along the way.
The assent was steep, to say the least
That patch of green was full of wild flowers of all types and COLUMBINES!!
Almost on the top we saw an area of even more Columbines….
Stunning!
When you stand on the top
You can look down into the area where Telluride exists, a sea of mountain tops
And over the side to Red Mountain where the Million Dollar pass and the Red Mountain Pass are.
The road down the other side into Telluride is
We took some friends with us once, who lived in New Jersey…they kissed the ground when we finally got down into Telluride. I think you can see why.
That is the road we had to keep going down to get to that tiny spot called Telluride.
Once in town we ate ice cream and headed back home.
This is a quick trip, but I hope you enjoyed yourself!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I did enjoy myself Linda – beautiful photographs. I can imagine it was a pretty hair-raising drive though.
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A couple things. You guys know how to stop work and go these these wonderful flowers called columbines. I have never seen columbines on such a barren piece of ground like in the one picture. You went on a route many would fear to tread.
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I know how your friend felt!! I was the same way when Eddie took me on a ride through some roads near Gunnison and Lake City. I was as nervous as a cat in room full of rocking chairs!!
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What a pretty trip…all the wildflowers are gorgeous! Oh, and I love your pretty header, too. Not sure how my fear of heights would handle those drop-offs. 🙂 Such beautiful mountains!
Thanks for sharing…blessings!
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Beautiful country! I love roads like that, especially if I can sit in the passenger seat and look!
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That is just absolutely STUNNING! The Red Mountains are GORGEOUS! I’m sure it was even more gorgeous in person. Great photos. Thanks for taking us along! 🙂
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Breathtaking views! Awesome-scary road! Thanks for letting us view it from afar. With those drops and bumps–afar might be a good way.
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Thanks for taking us along on the exciting trip with you. I would love to take this roads. I doubt I could get pictures as good as yours, but I would sure like to try. I think I can safely predict that we will make another trip to Colorado.
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Breathtaking!
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Holy cow that’s a treacherous drive! At first I thought you were hiking, so I didn’t worry too much, but when I realized you were in a car my heart stopped! The scenery is incredible. I can’t imagine how Colorado’s founders got through those areas.
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Those mountains are pretty hair-raising for us flatlanders…one trip to the Rockies, and you wonder how anything else in this country dares to call itself a mountain!
I’d have been fine, as long as someone else was driving!
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I am not certain I would have enjoyed the ride! I don’t think I’ll show the pictures to Mr. Dreamy, either. I don’t want him to get ideas! However, I enjoyed looking at the beauty from the safety of my chair! Thanks!
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Wow—I’d love it… Were you in a 4-wheel drive truck or what???? When we visit you all—I’d love to go there. AWESOME… Your photos are terrific.
I knew a Sheryl Williams.. Your friend never lived in Texas, did she? Even the first name is spelled the same way.
Hugs,
Betsy
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gorgeous views! love the wildflowers AND the pines in that first shot!
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That is amazing scenery. It would be a road I’d love to take too!!!!
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Thanks for taking us along! By the time we get back to Colorado my list of must-see places is going to take us a month. Ha!!
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A good Friend of ours, said he was in and around Telluride many years ago and he enjoyed the beauty of the country. I read about the town name and it is named for a mineral that was never mined in that area,but there was others there. Thanks for the pictures. Learned a lot. Sharon Drake July 10, 2013
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Thanks for the trip! I had a friend who lived there once. She had MS and has since died I often think her spirit is in those mountains:)
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I loved the trip — thanks for taking us along. We went to Ouray and drove the Million-dollar highway, but didn’t have time to do backcountry exploring. I hope we get to someday; I love these pictures.
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Wow that was some trip… amazing… what grandeur and what challenges. I think you were all pretty brave tackling that drive….
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Wonderful shots and beautiful part of our country man I hated climbing hills in my rig and the ones stuck behind me did too! lol
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