Sept 8, Wednesday We woke up to a beautiful, warmer morning, and at 7:30 a.m. (45 degrees, blue sky, slight breeze) we were sitting outside with coffee. No – it was not cold in the least! This was our morning to have breakfast at the Ouray Café – just 344 yards down the Riverwalk from our campsite. I talked about Chef Bombie when we ate dinner there earlier this week. Today when we walked in for breakfast at 9:00 (just as the early crowd had cleared out.) We were welcomed by Chef Bombie, and he sat down with us for a breakfast and a chat! He told us his whole story of how he met John Wayne, and pointed to our breakfast selection of “Bombie’s Huevos Rancheros” and said that this is the very same recipe that his mother cooked for John Wayne when he stayed in Ouray to film True Grit. A flour tortilla is loaded with marinated, pulled, pork, pinto beans, home-made green chili sauce, and topped with 2 eggs over easy! Served with Hash Browns. He made quite a bit of fun of Tom for ordering the green chili on the side – “the Ohio man is scared of the green chili!” Tom did ask for a picture of me with Bombie, and he happily obliged -- the picture was absolutely AWFUL (of me) that Tom erased it rather than put it on the blog. Luckily I did get other pictures of Bombie while we ate in the restaurant. He also shared his recipe with us for the delicious Prime Rib chunks I had earlier – he just mixes in a little horseradish with the blue cheese and tops it with crumbles. Pippa wasn’t able to go with us on our morning jaunt. Sometimes called “Ouray's own Wonder of the World,” Box Canyon Falls is one of the most unique attractions and is located a very short drive from our campsite. It is owned by the City of Ouray. The Falls is where Canyon Creek narrows and drops, pushing thousands of gallons of water through the 285 foot falls every minute. The very narrow rock walls tower over the falls by 100 feet. It is a “box” canyon with an opening only on one side, and a trail has been constructed down and around the rock face of the mountain ending in a suspended metal grid walkway that hangs from the edge. At the very end it had a fire-tower-like switchback staircase that descended to the base of the falls. Tom went all the way down . . . I stayed on top just to get a picture of him at the bottom! Right! We did laundry in the afternoon – it turns out that the very nice laundromat at our campground is the only laundry In town!
At 4:00 we were in the Silvermine, and it was . . . HOT: 87 degrees outside, but it “felt like” 83. Typical temperature for this time of year was a high in the 60s! Where we are situated in the campground the awning does not help much with shade in the afternoon on the front/door side. But there was enough shade on the back of the trailer to sit outside. I kept sneaking around to the front side of the trailer for a shade-report – From 4:25 – 4:30 we went from partially shaded . . . to full shade! I'll end with a fun fact:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
Tom & Ella Brown |