Fall Trip to Durango & Ouray, Colorado

Back at the beginning of October, we took our annual fall trip to see a new part of Colorado and enjoy the fall colors. We'd pretty much exhausted the places we could go in just a day trip, so this was a 3 day trip that took us to Durango and Ouray, Colorado. It was a beautiful drive and just awesome colors. Tyler was sick a few times on the trip, so that made for some interesting and unplanned stops (and some less-than-exciting memories...) but nonetheless, it was a fun time to see a new part of the state!

Our favorite part of the whole trip was probably the 4-wheel-drive Lime Creek Road that took us off the highway onto an unpaved road. The views on that road were just incredible, and it was a great adventure. The kids managed to sleep through almost that whole part of the trip, which is kinda funny since it was obviously bumpy and they were getting jostled the whole time.

Ouray is considered the "Switzerland of the Rockies" and is a pretty cute and quaint little town. The crazy thing is that we ran into a family from Colorado Springs who had the exact same itinerary as us for their family! We ran into them in an area of road construction and then later stopped off the road to do some family pictures with them (and had them take a couple of our family too!).

Enjoy the pictures!

-L













Leaving the beaten path for a little 4-wheel-drive fun...
















Kids woke up just in time for some great pictures!
















Silverton, Colorado...


The train that goes between Silverton & Durango...


















On our way back home, we took this short hike to a small waterfall...






Across the street from a gas station was this great wall where Jon did some fun pics of Tyler...