Volume 8 , Issue 38

SW Colorado - Gold In Them Thar' Hills

We began our southwest Colorado Fall foliage tour on the first day of Fall, early morning after getting our chores done -- leaving the valley south of Bayfield towards Durango.

We took hwy 160 into Durango and caught hwy 550 towards Molass Pass -- catching a few autumn/winter photo shots along the way before we turned around and headed back to Durango. Not ready to head home yet, we continued our journey west on hwy 160 to Dolores -- catching the hwy jcts to Placerville, Ridgway, and Ouray, Colorado.

It was probably around 4:30 p.m. or so when we left Ouray, Colorado and headed up hwy 550 to Silverton, Molass Pass, Coal Bank Pass and driving through a slight flurry of snowflakes after leaving Silverton. By the time we reached Durango, Colorado again our digital clock was reading 6:55 p.m. MDT.

It was beautiful seeing the snow scenes on the mountains and spots of sun-glistening, golden/reddish aspen leaves strewn amongst the green and white mountain backdrops. It was a heavenly sight! Well worth the all day trip!

We will stick the "Gold in them thar' hills" (Fall foliage pictures)
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