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we’re at a small-ish inn in ouray, colorado. just to let you know how awesome it is, here’s a pic i pulled from google:

sam and i wanted to stay at a cool victorian style inn, but unfortunately the room we looked at was taken after we ate dinner. it was so sick. no tv, old school style tub, 15ft ceilings, bathrooms in the hallway… the works. it was absolutely amazing. we also checked out a hotel called the beaumont and the lobby looked like something out of the titanic. it was stunning. expensive, but simply stunning. absolutely beautiful woodwork. i definitely will be coming back to this town with a lovely lady and splitting a very expensive bottle of wine in one of these rooms with her in the near future.

right now, sam and i split a six pack of ska brewing company’s true blonde ale. its a delicious microbrew out of durango, co. we’re lining up our trip plan for tomorrow which includes (so far) imogene, yankee boy, engineer and possibly ophir pass. we have our colorado pass guide book, my colorado gazetteer/atlas, and sam’s southwest colorado trail map and a few pens and a highlighter. this trip keeps getting better with every stop, i’m constantly astounded by this part of the country… its a whole new world compared to the east coast. the people are amazingly friendly, everyone is just so much more laid back… the atmosphere in these towns is just… im not even sure how to describe it; i just love it. i can’t see myself living in a town like ouray because its so small, but a place like glenwood springs (where we were yesterday) or any other larger town in colorado that we’ve yet to see… definitely. sam and i already decided that this time next year we will be living in colorado. i’ll miss the ocean for sure, but there are plenty of lakes and rivers here to keep me satisfied. sorry east coast, but you’re just not awesome enough.

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