My mom and I were able to sneak away to visit my uncle and aunt up in Chimney Rock, Colorado last weekend for about 5 days and we had such a great time! The first day we got there, they took us on a beautiful 20 mile ATV ride up the mountains. When we got to the top, you could see valley after valley of mountain ranges and it was just gorgeous. We were so dirty from the ride but we didn't care because the scenery was breathtaking and the fresh air felt so nice. The next day we headed through Durango into Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, Rico, Dolores, etc and it was amazing. All of the mountains were snow capped and everything was so green...we took lots of pictures! We brought our lunch and ate at a cute little park in Silverton, then we spent some time in Telluride riding the gondola up to Mountain Village and walked around taking in the beauty. It was such a fun day and very relaxing. I was amazed at all of the handcraft beer Colorado has...every town we visited has there own brewery and new beers to try. That was a lot of fun! The next day, my mom and I went into the Pagosa Springs area in the Weminuche Valley to Williams Creek Lake. We have been going up there since I was a kid with all of our uncles, aunts and cousins and have so many wonderful memories there. So we just relaxed at the lake all day and remembered that it was 115 degrees back home. It was so nice to be there, just wished that the rest of my family could have been there too. The next day, we went to First Fork and fished for a few hours...I did catch one fish :) If Houston had been there with me, I'm sure I could have caught more. The only thing that would have made this trip even better was if he had been with us. I can't wait to show him this part of Colorado...it is just absolutely beautiful. One day, I truly hope that we can retire up there on a ranch with horses.
