Comments on: Images of Ouray and nearby

By: Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:21:43 +0000

Sorry for taking so long to respond to comments.

Pat – You’re welcome — and thanks for stopping by!

XUP – I think there are a lot of places that compare themselves to Switzerland.

Michelle – Colorado is pretty neat, but, actually, our first stop in Colorado was a stay in the KOA at LaJunta.

Dot – It is a fun place to walk around. We actually had thoughts of moving there after retirement, but that’s not financially practical for us. Home prices are just too high there.

Cath – There are a lot of small towns and a lot of cities. Unfortunately, with ubiquitous franchises and big box stores, there is often little to distinguish one place from the next. Ouray has the advantage of a unique location with none of the normal franchises and no big box stores. All of that can be found less than an hour’s drive north in Montrose, though.

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:23:02 +0000

Hi Mike – Ouray was tiny in 2000. This is another thing I’m looking forward to about travelling in the US – you have so many really small towns and cities and everything seems so spread out.

In the UK, a place needs to have a Cathedral to be called a city. My nearest city is probably one of the smallest we have, with not much more than 100,000 people. And the village I live in is very small with less than 200 people. We don’t even have a shop.

If Ouray was here, it would be called a village. I think that is probably because we have crammed too many people into one small country.

By: Dot

Dot — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:01:07 +0000

Looks like a fun place to walk around, and good eats always helps.

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:35:46 +0000

Awesome I love the Ouray area- I lived in Colorado from 1977 until 1998 when I moved to Wisconsin. Parts of Colorado are extraordinary and then others are rather like an armpit… my Mom was born in LaJunta that area is kind of the pits.
.-= Michelle Gartner´s last blog ..Music Monday – 123 By the Groovie Goolies =-.

By: XUP

XUP — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:43:33 +0000

Ha – there’s a wee town in Nova Scotia called Bear River that calls itself the Switzerland of North America.
.-= XUP´s last blog ..First Bite =-.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:20:09 +0000

Thank you I enjoyed my stop by here today and all the pictures
.-= Patricia´s last blog ..Korny Zucchini Pizza =-.