Last weekend, Houston and I made a quick trip up to Colorado. We just needed to get away for a few days and we wanted to go somewhere to see some Fall colors. If you have never been up to the Durango/Silverton/Telluride area in October, it is just breathtaking. Coming from the desert, you don't get to see vibrant colors like the ones you'll find up there. The drive is not bad at all once you pass the Indian Reservation. I've been going up to this area since I was a kid but you just don't appreciate it like you do when you're older. Now I know why my mom and all of her family loved coming up here every summer so much. My uncle and aunt live in this area and although we did not get a chance to see them on this trip, we will be coming up again to visit soon I'm sure. This was Houston's first time up here and I can imagine that it will be very easy to convince him to head back up. As we made our way into Telluride, we drove through the cute little towns of Dolores, CO and Rico, CO, I love this ranch...
Here is Houston in Telluride...we headed into a small brewery for some Colorado beer and to watch some Sunday football. When we finished here, we went up the Gondola to Mountain Village (aka Little Switzerland).
From the top of the mountain in Telluride is the cutest town...Mountain Village, CO. The views from the Gondola are just beautiful...
One of my favorite spots up there to take photos...my mom and I have a picture right here from our trip in June, except for it was bright green behind us.
The view from the road leaving Telluride...we finished driving on the "million dollar road" through Ridgway, Ouray, Silverton until we got to our hotel, the Durango Mountain Resort at Purgatory in Durango, CO. Our room was so adorable! It's actually someone's townhome that they rent out so it had a little kitchen and the most amazing view you could ask for. The air was crisp, clean and so refreshing. The weather on the entire trip was exactly what we needed after a summer that wouldn't quite in the hot AZ desert. The next morning we woke up and got on the Durango/Silverton Train which took us to places I had never seen before. Through canyons along the Animas river...it truly was amazing! We were on an open air train, so it was chilly but so worth it. Here are some pics along the way...
Loved this canyon...
Fall leaves everywhere! Loved this pic! Here we are below at the Silverton depot, we stopped and walked to a few different restaurants/bars for a few cocktails :)
The two pictures above are from the balcony of our room...I think I could get used to waking up to this every morning...
This was on the road out to downtown Durango...looks like it should be on a calendar, minus the power lines. It was a wonderful trip with my hubby and so glad we squeezed it into our schedules.
