Silverton, Colorado - By Justin Scudney

Silverton, Colorado - August 1981 by Larry Syverson Via Flickr: I drove Colorado’s ‘million dollar highway’ from Durango to Silverson and Quary in August 1981. Being a flat-lander, the highway was very scary. A couple of times I wanted to turn around and go back. Fortunately, I didn’t. Silverton, Colorado in August 1981. It was worth the drive up!

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 Terme Di Saturnia, Tuscany

Camelback Wilderness Study Area

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This one is a bit of a mystery. This is why I need to write my blog right after each hike! I mean I know that Kelli and I did not make it to the trailhead. I’m pretty sure we did a lot of driving in the desert, where all the roads started looking the same, and at some point we decided to just get out and just start hiking on one of the dirt roads. There were a bunch of 4-wheelers out there. It was a bunch of BLM land. And with all my googling I cannot for the life of me find out what hike we had intended to do. 

My guess is this Roubideaux Canyon hike, but apparently you get to it through Delta county, and for a fact I remember we started off west of town on spring creek road and didn’t have to drive too far before we got there. 

Descriptive article about the hike but I can’t seem to find trailhead directions 

Interesting article about the area switching from wilderness study area status to BLM status 

But then I also am really thinking that it might have been the Montrose part of the Tabeguache trail, or that that was at least what we were aiming for. 

I don’t recall the actual hike being overly exciting. Maybe I was worried I just didn’t know where we were. I remember arguing with Kelli about the town we could see--if it was Montrose or Olathe. Pretty sure we decided it was Olathe. I remember not being able to wrap my head around that lol. Nice views of the Black Canyon. Lots of cacti in bloom! I remember finding it amazing that more explorable wilderness was again, just 15 minutes away from Montrose! Kelli and I talked about maybe camping there at some point, but that never happened. 

Dolomites, March 1939.

Shots of rural USA, 1978-2001 (c. National Geographic)

Rico in the Fall

Rico, Colorado

The quaint old mining town of Rico in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado.

Golden heaven on the Colorado river!