We left Silverton and got back on US-550 North:
We encountered a small deer running up the shoulder:
Crossing the mountains between Silverton and Ouray took us to 11,086 feet elevation:
We did encounter several work sites on the highway working on repairs to the road due to a heavy Winter:
The night before we started this drive there was a strong storm that put down some snow making a beautiful landscape:
to be continued......