Well, I am happy to say that Ouray did not disappoint! What a beautiful, charming and quaint little mountain town! I learned today that the town was named after a Native American, Chief Ouray. His story reminds me of that of Chief Joseph, of the Nez Pearce (Montana). Both men worked tirelessly to promote peace between the white settlers moving in to their territory and the tribal inhabitants, but sadly peace was not in their future. A small consolation, if any, but the town was named after him. Ouray became an incorporated city in 1876.
Most of the city’s buildings are listed in a historical register, which only adds to its charm.
The town is known for its history of gold mining, and mining tours are available all season long. I may return here on a Friday in mid-January when Jax is at daycare, if only to visit some of these places that I don’t think he’d be comfortable going into. But on the outskirts, he had a ball!
And we found snow!😂😂😂😂👏👏
This is a beautiful spot on the way to Silverton. Another place that bears returning to! Although I didn’t quite drive all the way up there today. We were having too much fun in Ouray.
And I was told today that ice climbing season opened! These were some of the brave souls I saw…and one just learning at a very young age!
It was all just too beautiful to portray in photos. The sun was out in full force, and I was overdressed. It reminded me of the day we went up to the Eagle’s Nest on our Beaches of Normandy tour. Our tour guide, Viktor, told us to dress very warmly because it was very high up and it was going to be cold. So we all dressed in multiple layers. Turns out it was an exceptionally warm day, but none of us wanted to carry our excess clothing around, so we just suffered through it😂😂.
I’ll leave it at this. I still have ten weeks to get more mountain pictures!😂😂😂. Next up…TELLURIDE!
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