Southwest Colorado, aspen, and sheep

This was primarily a trip to visit family, but we also visited Silverton, and saw an amazing flock of sheep crossing the road.

Moon over Electra Lake

We had a great day in Silverton, and met some very interesting people.    We started at the textile shop, where we talked looms at great length, and Sandi bought a coat.   The owner was 71, and had been weaving as a business in Silverton for 18 years.  She stayed in Silverton all winter, weaving.

We stopped at a jewelry store, where most of the jewelry was enameled.   Richard was very interested, since he had recently taken an enameling class.   They talked shop at great length.   He told Richard that if he had an enameling book, to throw it in the trash!  He is self taught, and does enameling very differently than Richard was taught.



Our final stop in Silverton was at the history museum, where we met a real character, who wrote science fiction, and argued that drinking improved his creativity.   The museum was excellent, mostly mining history, with a large mineral collection.






 We left by driving north on the million dollar highway, where the mountains and the colorful aspen demanded that we pull over every few miles.

But the best was yet to come.   We saw a very large flock of sheep being driven towards the road, and decided to stop and watch the process.   The flock was led by two dogs, with two shepherds and three more dogs bringing up the rear.   It was fun to watch the dogs work the sheep.

Richard talked to the shepherd, who was from Peru, and had been in the US for about two years.   We learned that the flock was 2200 sheep!

This photo shows only a fraction of the 2200 sheep