Tuesday 4 March 2008

03/03/08

The morning in Montrose was bright and sunny, but investigation on the web showed that route we wished to take was blocked at Monarch Pass, so we decided to return to Durango via Red Mountain, the way we came.
Got to Ouray and the lady in the Information centre informed us that we needed chains or snow tyres to go over Red Mountain, so more investigation was needed. Finally decided to backtrack to Ridgeway and go over the Lizard Pass via Telluride, Rico and Delores back to Mancos where we were a week ago.
This is where we are now, preparing to travel further South and pick up the I40 for a quick (for us) run to Memphis TN.
The state of the roads proved what a complete waste of time it was cleaning the vehicles last Friday, but we do have a lot more photographs and memories we would not have had if we had come back over Red Mountain.
A cold wind but bright sunshine to eat a bowl of ice cream by a filthy bike.

This is the same cafe in Ouray where we sat drinking on Saturday, a slight difference!




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ice cream and snow? Cool.
I really like your style of writing, direct and no nonsense. Safe travels.

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