Monday - Tuesday

Monday we enjoyed family time--the girls at the park and the guys doing a repeat visit to the Pioneer Museum in town that had the train. It was relaxing and we've been enjoying a so far sunny week here in Gunnison. We have mountain views out our window, free homecooked food and lots of fun spent with our nieces. On into Tuesday it was the first of our day trips here around Gunnison. Thirty minutes of scenic driving away we reached our destination, Taylor Reservoir. We played the part of a good tourist snapping photos everywhere along the way and of course getting lost in the mountains with a GPS no less. It was a beautiful place to get lost and we saw wildlife, a marmot perched on a rock.
-Anne


Yesterday we went on a day trip. As of 10 minutes before we left, we didn't have a plan. Russ suggested that we take a run up to the Taylor Reservoir and that there were a lot of Texans in that neck of the woods we could meet. Since I am all for meeting a Texan or two, we left promptly. It was a 40 minute drive to get to the reservoir and most of the drive was in the Taylor river canyon. We stopped and took photos of the landscape, and took obligatory photos of our kids. We stopped at a place called Taylor Park, which is an outpost for 4-wheeling tourists (from Texas). Anne wanted to head to Crested Butte from there. My GPS said it would be a 40 minute drive along a nice paved highway to the north. My GPS could not have been more innaccurate. The "road" was a nicely unpaved path. After 3 miles, this path took us through some of the most beautiful terrain I have ever been on. Unfortunately, this road pretty much dissappeared and turned into rough granite cobble and 12" deep potholes. When we got 6 miles out, there were cattle standing on the path. The cattle won, we turned around and gave up getting to Crested Butte via Taylor Reservoir. When we got back to the house, I looked at the maps and realized we weren't too far from Aspen. I heard there aren't many Texans in Aspen.
-Brian