It's a long one folks....Thursday, Friday, & Saturday....

We arrived at Larry & Susie's in Montrose mid-afternoon on Thursday. Montrose is a beautiful town of about 15,000, and has 360 degree views of mountains. Being on the west side, it's more of a desert but they have an irrigation system that is mountain fed, keeping grass green and flowers blooming. That night, Kirsti & Jason and their children Joe, Hannah & Sarah. The girls are twins (if you couldn't tell) and had a dance demo on Main Street for a weekly Main attraction. It was fun to see them all together.

L to R: Susie, Larry, Joe, Jason, Sarah, Hannah, & Kirstie

Sarah
Hannah
View from Montrose Cemetery


Civil War tombstone: 40th Iowa Infantry
Friday was spent relaxing with the Ugland's. We enjoyed spending time with Larry & Susie, seeing Montrose, hitting the Harley shop (our first on this trip), and just visiting with family.

SATURDAY, JULY 31
Our plan is to ride the rides and see the sights!

We started in Montrose, rode north to Whitewater, and followed the Unaweep Canyon ride marked in yellow, far left. We highly recommend seeing this amazing area on a motorcycle! We are staying the night in Ouray, CO.

Our first stop:


Yes. Those are bullet holes.

The Pallisade. One of the most photographed in Colorado (they say)

Gateway Canyon. Note elevation at 4550. We went up and down all day!

Gateway Canyon Outpost. It's a resort with lots of activities and surrounded by gorgeous...well, you know! The Pallisade is directly across from the outpost.

Thimble Rock

Thimble Rock & Driggs Mansion remains

By the time we reached Naturita, it was thundering and lightening. The pattern in this part of the country is a late afternoon thundershower...a gully washer. They call this the monsoon season. We both own rainsuits but have never had need to wear them. We ducked into a carwash just as it started to get some big drops and stayed there about 45 minutes watching the rain & lightening. We were joined by a couple who were going the other way and had been in the downpour for quite a while. We finally donned our rainsuits and broke them in...and we didn't melt!

Arrived safe & sound in Ouray!

Stay tuned....tomorrow is Durango!!