Gary had setup golfing for the next day. It was my first time on a golf course that didn’t involve hitting a ball through a windmill or other such obstacle. So, I didn’t try my hand at playing, but enjoyed the day riding/driving the golf cart and enjoying the scenery. I think everyone golfing was more or less at the same level, which meant, we spent a lot of time looking for balls. The Divide Ranch Golf Course is on the top of a mesa and the views were impressive, it really was an enjoyable day.
The next day, we were headed to Telluride. A couple in our group had rented an Airbnb in Mountain Village, CO. It you’ve never been to Telluride, it is in a valley surrounded by some steep mountains. Mountain Village is located on the other side of one of those peaks and that is where there are a lot more housing options as the town of Telluride is quite small. Mountain Village provides free parking and free gondola rides up and over the mountain down into Telluride. Makes it very convenient to get back and forth, plus the gondola ride is kinda cool.
We picked another hike to do the next day and were joined by Gina and Mike. We did the hike to Wright Lake via the Yankee Boy Basin. The road to get to the trail head has some steep drop offs and about a mile before the trail head the road is recommended for high clearance vehicles. So, we parked our Subaru and were more than happy to jump in Mike’s truck and save us the extra mile of hiking. Aside from watching out for all the jeep traffic for a good portion of the way up, it’s great little hike. It’s listed at 2.7 out and back. And at that elevation (12,400 at the lake), it was probably enough for the couple from Pennsylvania. The Yankee Boy Basin has some amazing scenery. There were still a couple of patches of snow up there, which was another novelty for those guys, snow in July.
We drove back down to Ouray, and the kids took us to the Box Canyon Falls, which, they had visited a couple of days before. It’s amazing to see what a powerful force that water is as it rushes through that canyon carving the rocks as it goes. We managed to find the rest of the group at a local Ouray saloon for a drink before picking up our rental Jeeps for the next day’s adventure.
Got up early the next morning to head to Telluride and a full day of off-roading. Our first trail was Imogene pass, rated as difficult on the map we were given. And yes, it was difficult. This road consists of some steep drop-offs, narrow passages, tight turns in places and other spots that require picking a good line to make sure you don’t hang up or seriously damage the Jeep., Will did a great job driving our Jeep, although, I think he lost a few pounds of sweat and may have permanently, indented the steering wheel from gripping it so hard.
Watch that first step 
After coming over the pass, we headed over to Corkscrew Gulch, which was much more to Will’s liking, at least at the start anyway, until we kept climbing and again were on the side of the mountain.
We headed down into Silverton, CO and stretched our legs and walked through town a bit. This is also the turn around for the Durango-Silverton stream locomotive train ride. Really a cute town that still has a number of buildings from the late 1800’s. Well, back to Ouray to return our Jeeps and grab some dinner. The group was headed home the next morning and we were moving on.
Terrie brought this puzzle and yes we were missing a piece. 
Tim fly fishing.
Turns out, we weren’t headed that far. We went about 20 miles up the road into Montrose, CO. There was road construction on route 50, which is way we were headed. The road is fully open on the weekends, but during the week they only open one lane a couple of times during the day. Rather then wait for our window of opportunity, we were able to switch up our plans a little and travel on the weekend. It also gave us a chance to get some housekeeping items taken care of.