Day 6 - Over the Mountains - Part 3

At the end of the Red Mountain descent was the beautiful little town of Ouray, which is a very active tourist and ski destination. Suzanne and I stopped for lunch and took a break to let us get our breath back. This was Suzanne's first car trip through very twisty mountain passes - and it was truly a "trial by fire." There were NO guard rails and the drop offs were several hundred and in some cases many hundreds of feet down. If you lose it, you REALLY lose it. She came through with flying colors - albeit PALE was the dominant one.

There were many bikes making the trip over the San Juans in both directions. The sport bikes had a much easier time of it than did the big cruisers, but the Harleys held their own (with a bit less chrome on the pegs).

The road from Ouray to Montrose was more gentle, but with its share of what I would have termed "twisties" before riding the San Juans. We arrived at 2:30 pm Mountain time, checked in and took the car and bike for a well deserved washing. We are now relaxing with a drink and doing a load of wash - the end to a perfect day!!