Last Wednesday was a very long travel day for my sister Susan and I, not to mention Susan's two dogs - Blackberry and Tutu. We started out from Cortez, Colorado, located very close to the fours corners area, where Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah all meet, heading back to Fort Collins, and with two dogs, we needed to take frequent breaks. Our first stop was Ridgway, a town located between Montrose and Ouray, Colorado. We found a nice park to walk the dogs, adjacent to the town's historic center, where we learned that True Grit (the movie that earned John Wayne an Oscar) was filmed. Actually, it was impossible to forget that fact, since there were historical markers everywhere letting you know what dramatic scenes in the film were shot there. Ridgway is a really nice, old western town, but I found it very hard to figure out which were truly historic buildings and which were built for the movie. And what is the deal with that turtle statue in the photograph on the left?
In any case, we walked the dogs around the historic district and were impressed with the old west charm. We were also impressed with the fact that every town in Colorado, no matter how small, seems to have at least one, if not more, brew pubs. Which to me, of course, is a good thing. And not only is the town picturesque, it also seems to be filled with young families and happy seniors, and has spectacular views of the surrounding mountains, such as in the photograph on the right. I think this would be the perfect place to raise a family - affordable, friendly, close to the outdoor wonders of the state, and still relatively free of Californians, an invasive species currently spreading across the west. Enjoy it while you can, people.
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