Wilderness Adventure - Day 4
Well, today’s entry is likely to be shorter… not because we did less, or I have less photos to show off, but because I’m tired. Did a lot today.
Started out in Gunnison, home of Western State College, which I assume explains the â??Wâ? but I preferred to think that they were just very fond of the President.
Proceeded to drive to Telluride, which is not open for skiing yet, but looks like it might be so in only a couple of weeks. The drive was filled with views like this…
When we arrived at Telluride, we thought â??How difficult can a 2.4 mile hike be? We’ve done much longer than that before.â?
We now have an answer. Damned difficult. Especially if it has more than a 1000 foot climb, and it starts at over 8000 ft. above sea level to begin with. We did the whole thing, and it was rated as a â??Difficultâ? trail in our book, so we were pretty pleased. Sore, but pleased. It was pure, stereotypical, Colorado. Mountains, thin air, and aspen trees.
After catching our breath, which took a little while, and making it back to the car (free from parking tickets, I was glad to see) we drove out to see Bridal Veil Falls, which was a little disappointing only in that it was the dry season, and there was not a huge amount of water flowing over the falls.
Headed back to Montrose, which inexplicably was full, and then proceeded onto some little town whose name escapes my memory at the moment… what can I say? I’m tired.
I am truely saddened. By today I expected to see pics of Alan in a clown costume, hanging off a clif, or at least on fire!!!!