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from the travel blog entry Colorado, Ouray: Switzerland of America
by Kyle & Dan about a trip to Ouray

Ouray is known as the Switzerland of America, situated between steep, rugged San Juan Mountains	The road we drove on to get to Ouray from Silverton - aka the San Juan Skyway - was really fun to ...	We passed another small ghost town when driving along the San Juan Skyway from Silverton to Ouray	The buildings in Ouray were Victorian, similar in style to those we saw in Silverton
A couple of leather clad bikers took this photo of us and then hopped back on their Harleys to ...	With us being at such a high altitude, the mountaintops became more barren (note that a lot of the ...	The iced white mocha and chocolate chip scone that we shared at Mouse's Chocolates and Coffee were ...	Kyle decided not to get out of the car at this vista point; Dan took photos instead
We really liked this building in Ouray, which was located across the street from Mouse's Chocolates ...	The colours in some of the San Juan Mountain peaks were strikingly varied	The road ahead was always a long one, during our 6000 mile road trip across the southwest United ...	Even though it was a little cloudy on this part of the San Juan Skyway, we still got great views of ...
Many of the San Juan Mountains rose steeply up from the valley floor	There were a few tunnels carved out of the mountains to allow cars to pass through, but mostly the ...	Ouray has come to be known as the "Switzerland of America", but we didn't hear any yodelling from ...	The Victorian buildings in Ouray were very nicely presented and preserved
Had we had more time (story of our lives on this road trip), we would have gladly sauntered into ...	We imagined how beautiful the small town of Ouray would be in the winter when snow covers everything	The Ouray hot springs were very tempting but we had to press on and continue our drive along the San ...