Archive for July 16th, 2008
Red Mountain, Idarado Mine, Silverton, and Durango, Colorado
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Continuing on our journey, we traveled south on Hwy 550 through the Red Mountains, toward Silverton and Durango, Colorado.
Red Mountain is a set of three peaks in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States, about 5 miles south of Ouray. The mountains get their name from the reddish iron ore [...]
Grand Mesa, Colorado
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Grand Mesa is the largest mesa in the world covering about 500 square miles and is located in western Colorado on the western side of the Rockies. The elevation of the Grand Mesa is roughly 10,000 feet rising 5,000 feet above it’s surrounding river valleys.
We exited I-70 onto Hwy 65 south. It’s the small [...]
