The New Adventure Begins

Beautiful!

On Thanksgiving day I embarked on my new adventure, new life, new town, and to hopefully find the new me. I left Denver with just what could fit in my car, and I hit I-70 with Silverton, CO in my sights. I didn't know a single sole and the closest person I know lives 2 1/2 hrs away. While driving here I had butterflies the whole time, and I didn't have a clue on what to expect once I arrived. While leaving Grand Junction I started to see my destination in front of me, and the butterflies started to become more prevalent. I flew past wonderful Delta, CO and the sped through Montrose, CO, and finally I came up to Ouray, CO which is the Switzerland of Colorado. 

Fun Stuff right!!!

At this point I am only 25 miles away from Silverton, but I have go over Red Mountain Pass... Which is 23 miles of switchbacks, narrow roads, no guardrails, and avalanche paths, YEAH!!! Lucky for me I was doing this on a bluebird day with no snow on the road. Now if you have never driven Red Mountain, the only way I can describe it is.... Narrow as hell and scary as hell, but if you can get past the scariness of the road it is one of the most beautiful drives you can do in Colorado. 

Pop. >500

Finally, I navigated down Red Mountain and was pulling into Silverton with a total drive time of about 5 hours and 15 minutes (Denver to Silverton). I knew how big Silverton was but after pulling in and trying to find my house, I realized how small it really was. I got lost within minutes because my GPS doesn't work and by the time I  realized my GPS didn't work I was already leaving the town. I ended up driving down all three streets, and I had finally found the place I was going to be calling home. Welcome to Silverton, Colorado boys and girls!