Southwestern Colorado

We pulled into Durango, CO a little late so we couldn't see the gorgeous mountains around us until the next day. We headed north and enjoyed taking in the views along the "Million Dollar Highway" between Silverton and Ouray, both tiny towns tucked into the mountains. We highly recommend the drive and the San Juan Mountains are truly breathtaking. We made a quick excursion to check out Telluride and then pulled into Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in time to drive a portion of the South Rim. We didn't know what to expect with the Black Canyon NP but it blew us away. Similar to the Grand Canyon, actually, but it's a relatively new national park with a small number of annual visitors in comparison. We would have loved more time but the sun was going down and we had a long drive ahead of us....

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We recently had family photos taken in the Columbia Gorge by a wonderful couple who travel around the world with their two kids taking pictures. I just love how they turned out!

Cora and the boys

Dave's friends, Scotty, Ryan and Danny, have been taking good care of us this week. We're thinking about asking them to move in long-term! Ryan is currently making us a fancy breakfast and Danny is still trying to find us the perfect Subaru Forrester to purchase.

Salar de Uyuni Tour

Southeast Bolivia is home to the world´s largest salt flats. This amounts to huge expanses of flat land surrounded by snow capped mountains. Big lakes, super dry deserts, and llamas, alpacas and vicuñas everywhere. As you can see from the photos, there are a few interesting things going on here. First, and most notable, is the huge population of flamingos. There are three different species that summer in Bolivia and winter in Chile and Argentina. But what makes it even more interesting is that the salt flats are roughly 14-15,000 feet above sea level. We are way up here. That makes the hills and mountain surrounding the plains almost 20,000 feet. Mt. Everest is less than 30,000 feet. This is home to flamingos? Yep, lots of em.

The Adventures of Dave, Lindsay, Cora and Edie

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