Day 5 Saturday 18 Sept 2015

I stayed in a pretty nice rv park Friday night.  $43.  Pretty steep price but Silverton is a very small hamlet and there's not a lot of choice of places to stay.  The bathrooms and shower facilities here are very nice.  Best I've seen yet.  Went in to town on Saturday morning and had breakfast at the Brown Bear.  Very good food.  I got my order to go so that Pookie wouldn't be in the cold truck while I ate.  So I brought it back to camp and ate it so that she could be warm and have some breakfast too.  We had the daily special:  grilled pork chop, 2 eggs, hash browns, and toast.  Yum.  

I'll be leaving Silverton this morning and heading to Black Canyon of the Gunnison.  I'm hoping that I like it there so that I can camp there for several days.  Then I can get up and make my own breakfast.  I'll be leaving here by 11am.

Vicki wanted to know if the aspens were turning yet.  YES!  Here are some on the mountain across from the rv park where I stayed Friday night.  They are very pretty.

Here is a foto of the mountain behind me.  The aspens are golden yellow.  I'm literally surrounded by mountains here in Silverton.

This is Silverton downtown.  It's very quaint and really cool.  The whole town is about 5 or 6 blocks long and 2 blocks deep on either side of Main St.  Not much bigger than a postage stamp.

Isn't this a cool old building?  Yes, Dee.  It's a cool old building.

You want gold leaves and County Courthouses in one shot?  I knew you did so I took this shot for all my little peeps.  Gotta keep the fan club happy.

Aspens for sale.  Dime a dozen.  They're cheap right now because there are so many of them around.  And they are beautiful.  They just glimmer like diamonds when the sun hits them.

Rock, rock, everywhere, and not a stone to throw.  That's because they're all globbed together to make this mountain.  This is on the road between Silverton and Ouray.  Gorgeous drive.

You like road construction?  We got that too.  Traffic down to one lane.  Only had 2 to start with so it's kind of narrow.  Be patient.  Don't try to pass.  It's a long way to the bottom.  In this picture I'm waiting my turn.  I'm good like that.

Ouray, Colorado.  Beautiful little city in the mountains.  Bigger than I remember from when I was there 16 years ago.  What?  Things change?  No!  Another quaint place designed to get your money.  THAT never changes.

Ok.  Enough of the mountain pics for awhile.  Time for a little game.  What is hiding in this picture?  Hint:  it's a critter of some kind.  No, children.....it's not a sasquatch.  Another hint: this is in the campground at Black Canyon of The Gunnison.  (I know, I know.  That wasn't a good hint at all, was it?)

Ok.  You've waited so long to find out the answer and you've been so good! Here's the answer:  It's a female mule deer that lives in the camp area where I'm camping.  Actually there are 3 of them.  This mama has 2 babies.  I only saw the third one on one occasion.