Million Dollar Highway

It was a few weeks before I was to start back to work... this time Full-Time.. at Progressive.... While it's very exciting and I'm looking forward to a new challenge and learning new things, I have been blessed to not have to had to work full time for many many years.  (Thanks honey)

So, we thought before work started, why not take a long weekend and take a drive that John had already done a few years ago with the boys aka Ryan and Greg on motorcycles.  He'd always told me how amazingly beautiful it was and wanted to share it with me... so off we went.

Of course, if you know us, you know we rented a convertible so we could enjoy the view even more and the weather was incredible.


Our first stop was pizza in Canon City... It's super yummy and we hardly ever make it down there so
we made sure to stop and enjoy.




Our stop for the first night was  Montrose which puts us right at the start of "The Million Dollar Highway" so named for it's amazing views.  Dinner in Montrose was at the Horsefly Brewery.  Food and service were both very good.  Up early the next morning super excited to see these amazing views.. While starting our drive down 550 we saw on the side of the road what looked like a fun antique/car/junk store.. Ok... so not so much junk.. but John made a quick u-turn and we stopped in.  After a tour around all the cool sights we started the amazing drive down the Million Dollar Highway.  John had not been exaggerating when he explained the beauty to me before our trip.    

Around every corner was another spectacular sight to see.  We stopped in Silverton to do a bit of sightseeing, shopping and grab a scoop of ice cream.   Then it was back on the road again.  Next stop, Durango.  We had left over pizza from the day before so John had a great idea to stop by the river and do a little picnic with pizza and watermelon.  It was delicious.   Our stop the second night was in a quaint little town called Pagosa Springs.  Our hotel had an indoor pool and hot tub so we got some nice relaxing time before we went out to dinner.  Dinner of street tacos and nachos at Kips were really good followed by a relaxing stroll down by the river.

Unfortunately the next morning had us heading back towards home. One final sight to see before we made it home was a quick hike up to Treasure Falls.  It was definitely worth the stop.  It had been a relaxing, peaceful, fun-filled weekend with the person I love most.