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