Monday dawned cold and partly cloudy but that didn't matter to the 12 Jeeps heading off into the San Juan range of the Rocky Mountains. We drove south out of Ouray about 12 miles and then west on the trail to Ophir Pass. Because the Aspen are in full fall color, it seems to take a long time to get anywhere due to the drivers stopping so their passengers can get some wonderful pictures of their golden color.
Ophir is an easy drive with one difficult part. We descend the ridge onto a shelf road along a large rock fall. But then we drive through a large grove of Aspen, their yellow leaves coloring the air with golden hues.
We drove into Telluride at lunch time and then John and I led the caravan along Last Dollar Road back to Ridgeway and Ouray. It was an easy drive with many stops to admire the scenery.
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