We left Durango and drove to North over the Million Dollar Highway, named because the gravel is full of gold dust. Passing over Coal Bank Pass where we stopped and had a some food. The view was just out of this world. Some how I have to get around to uploading some pictures to the Web using Flickr or maybe Google Albums because the Blog isn’t really the medium for showing pictures. We were having our picnic in the back of some trees when a English chappy dropped in to say hello. He knew how to enjoy life. He has been on the road driving around America for the last two years with his missus. Wow. Four weeks seems very small compared to that. I asked how he was funding his fun. “oh I sold the house and realised all my capital gains, have enough to retire and enjoy life”. The way to go! he is only 48 years old.
Driving down hill from Coal Bank Pass we arrived here in Silverton and wow, wow, this is just a great little place, I am totally taken with the people here. Nobody locks their doors. Shops are open with nobody at home and people stop to talk. Only the main street is tarred the rest being gravel and all the shops are quirky and nice. Looks like how a cowboy town should look, IMHO.
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