Start the day in Cortez Colorado end in Canon City.
A quick trip over to Durango for breakfast then north on the scenic
Million Dollar Highway, US 550, through Silverton & Ouray and
on to Montrose. East from Montrose we jumped up for a stop at the
Black Canyon of the
Gunnison. It's a deep canyon that would surprise many. It
is
just too deep to justly catch on camera. From there we traveled
eastward
with a plan to jump on a twistie route south but due to fuel we decided
on heading eastward to Gunnison - the nearest fuel stop. From
there
we continued east to stop at Canon City for the night. US 550 and
the
Black Canyon were the highlights.
Heading north on the Million Dollar Highway
Hi Dave (hope I recall your name correctly!). Just south of
Silverton the route was stopped for 30 minutes or so for construction.
Dave
runs UPS out of Durango and covers the Silverton area. There
certainly
are worse places to have construction stops! Nice chatting.
Follow the road - around and around
Video Million Dollar Highway thu-us550.mpg
MPG, 9 MB, 1 min 17 sec