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| the best road sign |
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| last campsite of the trip |
North of Shiprock I cross into the great state of Colorado and the Southern Ute Reservation. They have, like every other tribe it seems, a casino. Where do all these gamblers come from? I stopped here for the night since they have a nice campground. I walked through the casino, and it's no different than any other...it sucks. Boring, depressing, ding, ding, ding, etc. Give me a break.
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| climbing the hills north of Durango |
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| north of Silverton |
The next day I take the beautiful drive from Durango north to Ouray and beyond. This has to be one of the best drives on the planet. Winter is still very much alive up here right now. I end up in Crested Butte for the evening and it's snow flurries in the morning! I don't even know where my long pants are right now, and I turn on the heat in the FJ for the first time in maybe a year.
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| back in Golden...nice day, huh? |
About 4 hours takes me to my old stomping grounds of Evergreen and Golden. I made it, no worse for wear, I think. 239 days and almost 15,000 miles. When you get down to it, it was simply a long and beautiful drive. And I'd go back. Over my two trips south - some 24,000 miles of driving over 384 days in either Mexico or Central America - I've not had a single incident. The government has their stats, and that's mine.
Well, I need to find a job, so this is the end of the trip and the blog. Thanks for following along. See you further on down the road.
The End
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