November 10, 2025 I drove into Ouray, CO, took a deep breath, and exhaled with relief. I’d driven in northbound from Durango, not realizing I was headed for the famous—or one might say infamous—Million Dollar Highway. A sign when I passed through Silverton had mentioned narrow lanes and steep drop-offs ahead, but I’d paid little […]

May 22, 2003 I approached Durango, CO, from the east, having driven in from Taos, NM, with several stops along the way. From the earthship settlement outside of Taos to the Tierra Amarilla hand-spun and dyed yarn, the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad to the mineral pools of Pagosa Springs, it had been an intensely interesting