Skiing That Requires Work

While Paige went and donated some blood at the local blood drive in town, Cody & Ty took off into the mountains again this weekend to take in some cross-country skiing. They rented some skis in Durango and then headed north into the mountains just above Durango Mountain Resort (Purgatory ski area).  From there they took off up Cascade Creek enjoying the quiet solitude that can only come through cross-country skiing. However, someone forgot to tell Ty that cross-country skiing meant skiing uphill (read: "work").  Thus, he didn't have a great time, until they turned around and headed downhill (and back to the truck). Makes us wonder how he'd do with some downhill skiing ... where there's less "work" and more "thrill."

A Drive to Rico

Cody and Ty took advantage of a sunny Saturday and drove up to the small town of Rico, CO located just an hour to the north of Mancos.  During the summer months there's a whopping 500 people in Rico but that number dwindles to around 200 during the winter time. Those folks that do stick out the winter months seemed to be hunkered down and ready for the cold. There were a number of photo opportunities along the way ... our favorites posted below. If Rico and the Dolores River looked that beautiful in the winter, we can only imagine how pretty it will look this summer. This is why we moved here.

Beautiful Mancos, CO

It's hard to believe that we've been out here in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for a month now. Our lungs have acclimated. We know which way is north. And we can even tell you where to find a good place to eat (the local pizza joint by the way).  We thought we'd post some pictures of the area we now call home ... Mancos (pronounced "MAIN-cuss") in beautiful southwest Colorado.  The first few were gathered off the Internet, while the last half we took since we've been out here.