Blog Posts

Memorial Day traditionally marks the start of summer.  Here in Ouray, we are welcoming summer in a lot of fun ways.  Everything opens up this weekend.  The flowers are out at the [...]

Bird watching in Ouray Bird watching  season in Ouray is underway. The air is alive with songbirds half-hidden in the trees. We saw our first Robin a couple of weeks ago [...]

Ourays mud season is here. We said goodbye to the last of the ice climbers today,  a happy if soggy bunch. There is still some good ice in the park [...]

What people come to the San Juan Mountains for People have been doing a lot of commercial filming in Ouray recently. Last weekend Sandy Puc and her group was here [...]

We got to spend a little quiet time this afternoon sitting out on the deck.  The sky was deep blue and the sun was hot.  No jackets or shoes needed [...]

We are starting to think about Spring up here.  No robins yet but you can hear the birds challenging each other in Box Canyon Park as they get ready for [...]

It snowed again yesterday and winter photography is back.  Yes, the ice in the Ice Park is still great and there are still ice climbers coming in to climb. But [...]

“We love it here and really wish we could stay another day or two but we have to  get back home in time to go to work”.  We hear this [...]

Seeing the backpacks lined up outside the breakfast room reminds us of elementary   school with all the school bags lined up on the playground.  Fortunately, staying in Ouray is all about recess [...]