Day 4: Enjoying Oury, CO

Every trip needs at least one day to get caught up on laundry and wander the town.  Today was that day.  A leisurely morning with breakfast was followed by a 30 minute workout in the fitness room.  While laundry was being done, it was time to clean the bike just enough to ensure that it still looked presentable.  Next came a trip through Ouray.  The city includes many buildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s.  The buildings are Victorian and remind you of the cities mining roots.  The architecture is well preserved.  The buildings today are home to various shops and eateries, but still retain their names that tell you their original purpose.  From the opera house to the Beaumont hotel, a stroll down main street says much about the early history of the city.  One shop is also the Historical Society, home to some wonderful pictures that take one back in time.  The Outlaw bar and grill was a wonderful dinner stop.  Included with dinner was a wonderful piano player whose songs ranged from 1940s swing, to movie tunes, to pop.  Just the kind of day one needed to rest up for the adventures that lay ahead.