ouray.

so, thursday we went to ouray. ouray is a little tourist town about an hour away... and it's absolutely gorgeous. (just a note for this post and the others to come in the next two weeks... i don't have photoshop or bridge or anything... because i don't have any money at the current moment to purchase such items... so the pictures aren't overly-fantastic)

the original plan was to go snow shoeing (definitely a thing on my to-do list) but ryan has a cold and didn't feel up to that... so we went here instead(:

 box canyon falls! a super short "hike" (walk) and some stairs... then a beautiful view all along the way!

first, ouray is known for ice climbing... and we saw a lot of climbers (trust me, i never plan to be one, seems like the scariest thing a person could do.)

...those are some real icicles...

the gorgeous mountains:

and the hike into the falls:

it's a long way down...

and our family on the way out(:

then we went into town to get some hot chocolate (and i had the most delicious truffle known to mankind...)

AND my mom bought me a cookie cutter shaped like the united states. (seriously. it was $1.59).

and that, was just another day in my wonderful life(:

sincerely,
erica michelle