Silverton for a day, and a night

We are in Silverton, a classic old western town, widely known as one of the coldest places in the country. Elevation 9500 feet.

For reasons that are difficult, in retrospect, to understand we decided to tackle the Alpine Loop, a sixty mile rock and dirt horror story, but stupefying beautiful. After visiting a ghost town.


, we headed up the trail to Engineer Pass at 12k feet. Only I headed on the impassable road to Ouray and was almost immediately in serious trouble. Thanks to George, we were able to turn the bike around but my zeal to conquer 15 percent rock scree was over. We headed back to Silverton, happy to be intact and absolutely awed by the views and surroundings.


I am going to rely on the pictures that


George is going to put on the blog because I am sick of using the word spectacular.


Beside, we had to be back by 4, so George could have access to a wifi signal to watch the rampaging Huskies. I hope that you will have time to watch the video of George sitting on his motorcycle. A pillow at his back, iPad plugged into the accessory socket, watching a tough loss (1-0 on a penalty kick).

So I will let Silverton speak through the videos and pictures that will appear with this blog. Dedicated readers will discern a different editorial direction as I am now taking a more active role in controlling content. So you should also check out the video that describes more about our misadventures

George tried Rocky Mountain Oysters tonight. Look it up if you don't know what it is.

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Location:Mineral St,Silverton,United States