Denver to Durango, the long way

Posted on by Ian C.

Today we headed out from Denver to Durango, initially heading down US 285 South from Denver – a bit of a pain due to the road being single lane each way, but with passing places that enabled us to get ahead eventually of the cars that insisted on doing 40 on a 60 limit, and slowing to 20 around curves! A nice road though with great scenery …

Talking with Jim McDowell this morning, he’d said to be sure and drive through Ouray, and we realized that to do that we needed to switch routes – so we changed to US 50 and headed west over to US 550 – definitely great advice, as the road through Ouray and on to Durango is incredible!

 

Red Rocks and a Rally

Posted on by Ian C.

This morning up to 500 MINIs headed over to Red Rocks Amphitheatre, for some fruity snacks (it’s all healthy in Colorado), a bit of singing(!) and a lot of photo opportunities …

Margaret with Jak, and the route map:

 

“M”, “I”, “N”, “I”:

Can’t go any further:

 

And then we all set off on a long MINI drive through fabulous twisty roads and hills … although we stopped early to answer the Hunger call, in Boulder: