So it has been 10 months since I have posted anything to this blog, but this past month we went on a weekend trip that was so unique and fun I just have to share!
Matt and I went to Durango, CO to do some soaring in the trees. We first learned about this company called Soaring Tree Top Adventures a year ago, it is a zip lining adventure that is only accessible from the Durango-Silverton train or by helicoptor. The Durango-Silverton train is a popular scenic train ride through a canyon over the animas river and has some spectacular scenery. The whole trip was amazing as we had never been to the southwest corner of the state, which is just beautiful. The drive alone was a fun trip! Anyway on to pictures of our soaring.
This is us just before walking onto our first platform, they gave us a thorough orientation and saddled us up, now we are off! I can't stress enough how wonderful the staff were, this company has patented most of their equipment and design of their course because it is so unique. I truly believe there is no other zip lining adventure quite like this one.
Matt, being used to climbing trees in a saddle felt right at home and was the first one to jump off the platform.
By the end of the day we were doing tricks, hanging upside down and going from each side of the canyon, over the river.
We got to zip through this aspen grove, that would have been amazing just two weeks later when the aspens are in full color.
They had a natural fresh spring that supplied all their water and is completely safe, I was getting a refill, wish I could have that in my backyard!
Eating a yummy lunch in the tree tops!
Matt getting ready for take off.
Waiting at the Rockwood train station.
Here are some pictures of the train ride.
The next best part about our trip was our accomodations, I love to find unique rentals to stay in and hit the jackpot with this one! We stayed on a ranch outside Durango. They had this beautiful guesthouse with a huge porch and a hot tub out on the deck, not to mention this place was less expensive than most the hotels in Durango! Below is a picture driving up to the ranch.
They had the coolest garden and garden gate, actually the craftmanship of the gate was most impressive.
These last few pictures are from our drive, below is just coming through an area called little switzerland. This drive was one of the best I have ever experienced in Colorado.
Below is the town of Ouray, I want to come back here, it is nestled in this area called Little Switzerland.
Another fun part of our drive was driving through the agriculture area of the state near Grand Junction. We were able to drive through Pallisade for some peaches, Olathe corn, and there are also numerus wineries along the way to stop at as well.
On our drive home we went through Pagosa Springs, this picture below was a little east of there we found this scenic pulloff, it was the only one we actually stopped at along our travels and it was worth it!
Here are a couple of videos from our soaring, disclaimer: I have never been able to get videos to load and work from blogger so I hope these work but I will be surprised!
