Back West

October 9 Since this is an impromptu trip and Randy got recommendations for Silverton and Durango, we headed West from Denver to the Black Canyon National Park. It was pretty amazing with deep drops that made you dizzy as you peered over the spectacular canyons.  The million dollar highway was next. Wow! Such views that took your breath away.  We ate a lovely dinner of salmon for me and meatloaf for Randy. Here are the pics. The pic aren’t uploading. I’ll try again later.

The Aspens were beautiful along the way

This could be a painting



Black Canyon

Very scary looking down into Black Canyon




The camera just couldn’t capture the beauty










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