Saturday was our day of rest, well, sort of a day of rest. After a late morning in bed, we ate breakfast in town, washed the Jeep, aired up the tires, tried to collect lost mail, packed a picnic lunch and took a hike on the Perimeter Trail around Ouray. So it was restful until the hike.
The perimeter trail is about 4.5 miles around the town but it goes way up into the mountain side on the east then down to the river on the west side. We watched for bears but didn’t see any. We had heard that a bear got onto the upper deck of the Ouray Brewery and made quite a commotion and someone else told us that there were 14 bears visiting Ouray this fall. We didn’t see one! Our friends Larry and Edna did the same trail earlier this morning and saw three bear cubs playing in a tree! Our timing must be off.
We tried to leave the campground early this Sunday morning but saying goodbye to our Jeeping friends kept getting in the way of de-camping. But that was okay as I enjoy the last minute conversations we have as we say our farewells. Actually, that worked out well for us. We headed to Durango the long way around via Telluride, Dolores, and Cortez then Durango. We had told our friend, Dave, that we would arrive between 4 and 5 and if we hadn’t taken so long to say goodbyes, we would have arrived much too early.
David was really excited that we brought our home with us and parked it in his driveway! He was also interested in our Jeep as he is considering getting one himself. We had a delightful evening with Dave and his girlfriend Kay as we sat on the patio to dine on lamb and drink good wine while trying to watch the moon rise. Unfortunately we missed the eclipse and the blood moon part! Too much talking!
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