More Day 1. Told you there were a lot of picture-taking stops along the way.
Addison has now seen what I’ve been telling her for months: Colorado is a breathtakingly beautiful state.
We’ve just recovered (we actually returned a few days ago) from our four day road trip from Denver to Durango to Ouray and back to Denver, and as I look at the photos we took, I’m struck by a sad reality: photos never do justice to what you witness with your eyes.
And yet, Addison and I still took photos. Hundreds over them over four days. Because we get so excited about sharing our experiences with family and friends who read this blog. In fact, it’s because of all of you that Addison forced us to stop at nearly every scenic overlook throughout our travels. She wanted to share the sights and the beauty with you.
So that’s why you saw photos throughout our travels (taken with and posted by our phones) and why the next several will show you some of the photos from our actual camera. :) We hope you enjoy them.
But before we get started with the photos, let me orient you to where we traveled. We started in Denver and followed the red route to Durango, taking a small detour to Great Sand Dunes National Park.
On day 2, we did no traveling at all as we were working the Four Corners Pride Festival (the actual reason / excuse for this little road trip excursion).
On day 3, we followed the blue route, driving two hours on the Million Dollar Highway (so named because it cost a million dollars a mile to construct) to Ouray, a town just northeast of Durango.
On day 4, we left Ouray and traveled back to Denver, taking an alternate route than the one we took on day 1, traveling north and then east and passing through popular ski areas such as Vail.
All in all, it was an amazing trip, as you’ll see by the photos. And one I’d gladly do again if family and friends would like to travel west to see us. :)
