How I Spent My Summer Vacation

7/9/2014

At the top of the world, courtesy of Colorado West Jeep Rentals & Tours, in Ouray (you-RAY), Colorado. This is just below Engineer Pass.

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Ryan Reichelt

7/16/2014 04:45:21 am

I've been up this pass on a jeep tour - it's beautiful! (obviously)

Just to link Ouray to the Mayflower; Viola Fellin, my children's great grandmother was born in Ouray, CO and married Thomas Osborne - a descendant of William Brewster, and I believe a handful of other Mayflower passengers. =)

Maura Mackowski

7/18/2014 07:40:08 am

Yes, it is truly magnificent there. We were also there on a jeep tour and the driver said he sometimes has to turn back due to snow - in July. They get 160" per year on the average.

I hope you are having fun chasing down your Mayflower ancestors. I took a quick peek to see which silver/pink books listed an Osborne and found that Hopkins, Alden, Allerton, Eaton, Billington, Warren, and Howland did. Brewster did not, but they are finally getting a silver book later this year, so maybe. If you're thinking, "but Brewster wasn't on his Osborne line," there may be different Osbornes "upstream" because folks used to marry cousins a LOT. If your Mayflower family tree is like mine (with 8 pilgrims), it's more of a vine than a tree. Happy hunting, Ryan!

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