"Back Roads" Day Two Pictures 

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The afternoon of day two brought scattered showers so the tops stayed up.

Map of day two, from Paonia, lunch in Crawford and ending in Lake City.	We stayed it the Bross Hotel in Paonia for the night.  A great B&B.	We hung around Paonia for the morning, allowing Don Drabik to clean the carwash stall before using it.
We visited the "High Country News", a mostly environmental newspaper with national coverage.	Ed Marston, the publisher, invited us to sit and chat awhile about the west and the environment..	Another photo opportunity in front of the "High Country News".
While stopped for lunch in Crawford, we visited a glass blowing studio.	A few trinkets were purchased, the larger items were very beautiful, but pricy.	Off to another mountain road.  Just a long constant 7% grade.
While stopping to enjoy the view .....	Robby noticed that Pea Soup was squirting gas (caused by the heat, altitude change and grade).	Further south, we came to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
The weather was overcast with  showers but the views were fantastic.	Brian, Kathy, Don and Shirley enjoy the view.  Note the lack of guard railing.	It is hard to photograph or even describe the steepness of the canyon.
Somehow group pictures were required at every stop.  Here we are at Hermit's Rest area on the north rim of Black Canyon. While here, Bruce and Herbert blew bye.	This is a beautiful canyon.	The final drive was down along Blue Mesa Lake on the Gunnison River and turned south along Lake Fork of the Gunnison River to Lake City for the night..