Further West June 8th

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Said goodbye to Longmont and Theresa and Keith in the morning and headed into the mountains. It was a long day of driving, but some very nice scenery along the way. I stopped for lunch in Leadville and dinner in Silverton. Silverton looked like a cool place, but things were mostly closed down for the night when I got there around 7:00. I decided to drive about another 50 miles to Durango after eating so the I would be closer to Mesa Verde. During the ride from Silverton to Durango I saw several groups of deer along and in the road, which was cool, but slightly scary. I was definately ready to sleep when I pulled into Durango. I've got to get better at using my camera. I've missed some good picture opportunities already, but I hope to get into the groove of using a camera while I'm at Mesa Verde.

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Comments

[Dad]

Deer!
You saw deer? Were they whitetail? I'll look them up in my book if you get a pic. Have fun. Dad

[bizz]

AWESOME
Matt!Awesome hope you get this Chris and I are trying to figure this out. Let me know somehow if I can reply this way ok? Glad you got to see Theresa and Keith and your pictures look great. Love is... Bizz and Chris

[Kathy Martin]

Ma's jealous
Wow, Silverton just looks like a neat real old fashion mining town. What a cool stream just coming down the lookout too! I am really excited to look at this every day. Your sister A just left. All of our kids out of sight and sound. Love, mom

[futurehawkeye]

Hey Dad, I think the dear were probably mule deer. I saw some more in Mesa Verde.

[futurehawkeye]

Yes, it worked, Bizz. I just got back to a place where I can use the internet. Look for more updates soon. Hope that Conor is OK. Matt