Day Three - Salida and Twin Lakes (part 2)

This is the other view of the Arkansas river from the last post...

It got separated from its other half somehow.

Same with this one.
I just can't get over the gorgeous scenery!

Excuse the bird poop.  I scrubbed it, but alas, it hung on throughout our journeys...

Eventually we came to the town of Salida.

Nestled among the Rockies, it held the charm of an Old West Town.

Due to the super late (ie. after 5pm) hour, most of the town was vacant, so we were not able to learn the history of the beautiful old buildings like this one...

...or this one...

On the road again, we drove up and down and around hills of various sizes while the plant life grew increasingly greener.

Along the way were pull offs with fantastic views of the river winding its way through the mountain valleys.

Finally pulling into Twin Lakes, we were greeted with this view.

Wow, right?

I couldn't stop saying....."WOW!"

After stopping to photograph the wonders of God's creation, we set out to find our Bed & Breakfast....

And got terribly lost.

And ended up on this dirt road that followed the curve of the mountain. 

At one point is was one lane hugging a cliff.

I didn't get a picture of that.

I was far too busy hanging on to the door handle.

While the locals flew by...

Ahem. We did eventually find our destination (after literally walking around knocking on doors and then giving up and calling on the single bar signal we had).

To be continued....