TEMP: 79 Degrees
I want it made known; I AM NOT complaining......We were lucky and blessed to have this itsy-bitsy spot to park ourselves on at all.
This is our campground......Ouray RV Park, and we are in a loooong line of Class A motorohomes that are REAAAAL close together.
See.....
That's our awning on the left.....our neighbor's awning on the right.........It's a darn good thing we like our neighbors......
This is a cool view.....I took this using my iPhone camera through the bincocular eyepiece of the mountain across from us....looking for a BEAR.......didn't find any.......
Then, late this afternoon, we decided to hop on the ol' trike and head to Silverton on the fabulous Million Dollar Highway about 23 miles away for ice cream....
While on the way there, we round a blind-tight- hairpin-curve to find a Toyota Camry parked in the middle of the highway. I first just figured they had stopped to take pictures of the canyon thousands of feet below, cause that's what I would have been doing, but as I cautiously moved into the oncoming lane to pass them, I did what Liz usually does......I honked at them.
But once we safely passed them, Chuck said we needed to turn around and go back.....he said something must be terribly wrong for them to park their car in the middle of a blind curve like that.......so we turned around. Sure enough, their rental Toyota Camry had broken down. They were in a horrible location, so while they tried to call for help, Chuck and I went down the road and flagged oncoming cars to slow down.
Long story short, a tow truck finally arrived, but there were 5 of them and only 3 could ride in the tow truck, so I drove Chuck back down to Ouray, dropped him off at an ice cream store, went back up on the mountain and picked up the man and his 6 year old son and drove them back down to Ouray, past Chuck eating ice cream, to the service station where they had towed the car.
Such a nice family from Beaumont, Texas........and their parting words to us?
"We'll be praying for you"........
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You're in one of our favorite places in the world! Make sure and take your trike up the mountain side to the Amphitheater Campground (our camping spot) http://www.ouraycolorado.com/amphitheater. We love the local hot tub (olympic size) too if you haven't been there.
Have fun...wish we were there:) Love your blog!
Robin
You will LOVE evrything in and around Ouray!!!! It's gorgeous!!! A very close friend lives in Ridgeway (not far!) and we use to lunch in Ouray!! But oh, those mountain roads!!!
Wow, they had to be packed in that car! That's a lot of people for a little car. So nice of you to help them.
Julie
Sorry we missed you when you came to Salida. We were in Ouray/Silverton/Durango this week too, can’t believe we’ve missed in both places. We did the train ride which was fun and absolutely beautiful. We are leaving Thursday to go to Yellowstone, Are you going there too so we can miss once again? We had a very similar situation one winter when we went to Ouray/Silverton. A little VW was stopped on the road on that wonderful hwy and we stopped to see if we could help. It was winter and a big storm was brewing, an 18 wheeler came up that “hill” and had to stop behind the VW, the guys picked up that little car and moved it over so the big un could pass then we got that lil car going up that hill. So, don’t drive VW’s up that big “hill” if it doesn’t have the power. Scary but a good deed for both of us.
Blessings, Doy & Arlen
You guys were Texas ANGELS to them!
Frosty
.....As you do it to these little one, so you do it unto me!!!! Blessings.
Israel
The people in the broken down car may have been angels waiting to see what you would do.......you did the right thing. Bread on the water comes home to you in loaves and loaves.
I closed my eyes when it came to the ice cream cone.......get behind me satan!
You all have the most interesting experiences and write them up so neatly.....I live vicariously through your experiences! Keep on blogging.
Love to both, ant ellie
You were their hero!! You gonna get a special blessing today.. maybe a special view noone else gets to see?"
Serving out of love, not duty. My new motto.
Cool you took the time to help fellow travelers
Barry L Crow
You are now the hero's of a story that will be told around family gatherings for years to come. They may not remember anything else about this vacation, but they will remember you and Charlie. The power of a God filled life sends out ripples that we will not know the power of until heaven. I love you sissie and you Charlie
James said you all adopted Murphy's girlfriend???!!!
Soo sweet and i LOVE ice cream u r angels sent there to help these stranded people. I SO admire what u two are doing.. an I get a kick out of how u always enjoy what u r doing good bad ugly all the same,.. GOd Bless an may angels continue to travel with u an keep u safe ..LOVE u both.
Thanks so much for the pictures and descriptions of each. Karla and her grandparents, our three kids,(when they were small) spent so much time traviling over the same roads you are showing us. brings back such great times and much love. we hope one day to get the chance to see it all again but i'm not getting any younger! so my kids say! this time i want to see it on the back of the road king. Karla's not real sure if her butt is up to that.lol. who knows what God has in store for us. but for now we will relive it all through your words and pictures. praying God keeps you safe out there and just so you know, we are very jelous!!!! much love, tim&karla.
Looks like a beautiful trip!
I have said it before.......................
YOU ARE AN ANGEL!
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