Day 13: Fri, 6/24: Ridgway, “Million Dollar Highway,” Silverton, Molas Lake, Durango

Day 13:  Friday, 6/24:  Mountain Bike Ridgway, Drive “Million Dollar Highway” through Ouray, Silverton, lunch at Molas Lake, to Durango

We woke up and while cooking breakfast, a beautiful deer walked through our campsite right by us.  What a great way to end our time in the Ridgway campground.  We then drove to the Dennis Weaver Park (Ridgway) along the Uncompaghre River and did the beginner 3.2 mile mountain bike trail.  It was a narrow singletrack with wonderful views of the snowcapped Rockies in the distance and the river below us.  After the ride, we then drove the RV (towing our car) along the spectacular “Million Dollar Highway” through Ouray to Molas Lake.  This lake is over 10,000 feet high in the Rockies. We stopped and ate lunch here overlooking the beautiful lake surrounded by high peaks.  It started raining again so we continued driving through Silverton and on to the Alpen Rose campground in Durango.  This drive is wonderful.  In camp, we rode our bikes for about an hour, ran errands in town, and then played the card game Spades after dinner.  

Mountain biking Dennis Weaver Park near Ridgway, CO with the Rockies in the background

Mountain biking before the storm rolls in.