Greetings!
July is the Wildflower season in Ouray. I always remain interested in scenic views but the wildflowers are best viewed up close and personal. Bring your camera and plan to enjoy the sounds of crystaline clear waters crashing through the rocks and spashing the delicate flowers in a high alpine basin.
You can enjoy the flowers on your own by taking one of the many hikes that exist in the Ouray area. Blue Lakes is one of my favorites. The lake provides a great respit for a picnic lunch and a swim for many four legged companions. You can also schedule a tour with one of the Jeep Tour Companies in Ouray. Last year, I went over Black Bear Pass and had a ball. Some may prefer a less challenging ride but everyone will marvel at the flowers!
Thanks as always for your continued support and patronage!
Rich and Karen Avery
Owners
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Something For Everyone
in July!
Fourth of
July Family Fun in Ouray!
6:30 a.m. Ouray Mountain Rescue Team annual breakfast until the food runs out, Community Center.
Annual "Ourayace 10K Walk-Run" - register at 7am, City Hall on 6th Ave. Race starts at 8am from there. Fee: $6.00, Tee Shirt available for $TBA. The race starts and ends at City Hall. You'll meander through Ouray, to the north following the highway, and back a different route through town. PRE-REGISTER at www.raceit.com
10 a.m. Parade on Main Street.
Post-parade: Kids games at Fellin Park
Post-parade: Lemonade, brownies, reception and activities at OCHS Museum.
Post-parade: BBQ lunch at Ouray Elks Lodge. Karaoke 6-9:30 p.m., open to the public.
2:00 p.m. Firehose water fights begin corner of Main and Sixth.
Dusk: 4WD Flare Parade from scenic overlook to Main Street.
Dark: Spectacular fireworks show over Ouray.
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Ouray County Museum
Special Exhibit:
Chief Ouray and Chipeta in the Uncompahgre Valley
Learn the history of Chief Ouray, his wife Chipeta and the Utes of Ouray County.
The Exhibit runs through July.
Museum Quilt Show
Wed, July 21, 10:00am - Tue, August 24, 4:30pm
Ouray County Museum 420 6th Ave
Opening of Annual Quilt Exhibit, Runs through August 24
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 ARTISTS' ALPINE HOLIDAY - 50TH ANNIVERSARY!
Fri, July 30, 10am - Sat, August 7, 5pm
Ouray Community Center
Show open 10:00 a.m. - 9:00p.m. daily
(until 5:00p.m. on 8/7).
50th Annual National Juried art show. Special 50th anniversary events include "Paint-Out" on Main Street Ouray, Artists' demonstrations, studio/gallery tours, children's workshops, and the OCAA Permanent Collection Exhibiton and Reception (Ridgway Library July 10-August 13). Enjoy the creative and unique work of many artists in various mediums - oils, watercolors, photography, etc. They are so good that it's difficult to select a winner!
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 The Colorado Peace Ride
Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2010
The Colorado Peace Ride is a charity bike tour which is a 238 mile loop around the San Juan Skyway. This is their second year and promises to be even better!
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Colorado Fun Facts!
If your travels happen to bring you back to the Centennial State this summer then we offer you some interesting trivia about the state we like to call home! Impress your family and friends while touring Colorful Colorado!
Colorado means "colored red" and is known as the "Centennial State." Our State Flower is the Columbine, shown above.
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to provide year round train service operating a historical  train with rolling stock indigenous to the line. The line was constructed primarily to haul mine ores, both gold and silver, from the San Juan Mountains. It has also been in continuous operation since 1881 and has appeared in more than a dozen movies including How the West Was Won (1963) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). www.durangotrain.com
The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado.
Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet.
 Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.
Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel between Clear Creek & Summit counties on I70 is the highest auto tunnel in the world. Bored at an elevation of 11,000 feet under the Continental Divide it is 8,960 feet long and the average daily traffic exceeds 26,000 vehicles.
The Colorado Rockies are part of the North American Cordillera, which stretches 3,000 miles from Alaska, through western Canada and the United States, into northern Mexico. The centerpieces of this dramatic uplift are the peaks over 14,000 feet, or "Fourteeners", as they are affectionately referred to by climbers. There are 54 Fourteeners in Colorado. Mt. Sneffles is the closest to Ouray and most people access this climb from Yankee Boy Basin.
Check them out!
Colorado has the highest mean altitude of all the states.
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The Box Canyon Lodge and Hot Springs continually strive to be not only your favorite choice for lodging in Ouray, but also your most cherished home away from home.
It is always a distinct pleasure to serve you, and your friends and family, whenever your travels bring you to our beautiful mountains.
Thank you and best wishes,
The Staff and Management
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Romance Packages
You need not wait for Valentine's Day to let your partner know how special they are. Call us at 800.327.5080 and let us help you plan a romantic night away. We can ensure you have hand made chocolates, champagne or wine of your choice, or fresh flowers in your room upon arrival. If you can dream it, we can do it!
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