We finally made it to Montrose, Colorado

We have been in Montrose Colorado for 10 days now. I came down with a stomach flu while in Green River, UT which delayed our departure by 3 days. A day after we arrived in Montrose, Ron came down with the same symptoms. I think we are both ok now. Since Ron wasn't feeling well and Shani (our niece in law) was visiting friends for the weekend, Joe and I went to dinner. Not that we didn't miss Ron and Shani, but I can't remember the last time we were able to enjoy time together - just the two of us. We had a great time.

We have pretty much just laid back and relaxed so far. We visited Ouray, CO one day. A quaint mountain town, called The Switzerland of America, surrounded by snow capped mountains and a fun downtown area of boutiques, restaurants and art galleries.


Scenery during our drive outside of Montrose towards Ouray




Uncompahgre River on our way to Ouray. All of the rivers are running high and fast.



Cascade Falls in Ouray. This is the last of 7 falls.




We met Joe, Shani, Lucy and Daniel at "Main in Motion", Thursday night then went out for pizza and beer....fun!

For 10 Thursday evenings during the summer, they close Main street to cars and the shops stay open until 8 pm. They have several musical groups entertaining in the street along with food vendors, face painting, tattoo artist etc. It reminded us of when we lived in Washington, MO and the store owners stayed open late one night for what they called "moonlight madness".

These are the events that make small towns fun to live in and visit. The population of Montrose is around 41,000. It is a nice, clean town with a vibrant downtown and larger stores (Target, WalMart etc.) on the outskirts. Surrounded by snow capped mountains and forested area of the Uncompahgre National Forest.





Joe with Lucy & Daniel sporting their face painting after Main in Motion.


Lucy & Daniel enjoying Popsicles at our coach.

We were also able to watch one of Daniel's baseball practices. Although the practice seemed to run a little slow to keep his attention, as well as many of the other boys...he's a very good hitter. His season starts June 21, so we will be able to also see a couple of games.


Daniel and Joe warming up.


Daniel (sitting) in center field.... a little less than enthusiastic.


Lucy watching her brother play baseball.


Shy Daniel!