The San Juan Mountains, John Wayne, and True Grit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnRZ8MO7myM
I've been in love with the San Juan range since I was a kid, and was thrilled when they filmed True Grit there, (one of my fave Westerns). Linda and I have been through and around Ridgway many times and eaten at the True Grit Cafe at least on three or four occasions; it's a lovely village. I consider the whole area a second home and am as comfortable on the streets of Durango, Dolores, Telluride, Ouray, Silverton and the rest as I would be in Old Town or DC. It's just so beautiful there; the film here only conveys a small part of it.
The heart of the region is Lizard Head Pass, and that is where my ashes will be scattered when the time comes.
I've been in love with the San Juan range since I was a kid, and was thrilled when they filmed True Grit there, (one of my fave Westerns). Linda and I have been through and around Ridgway many times and eaten at the True Grit Cafe at least on three or four occasions; it's a lovely village. I consider the whole area a second home and am as comfortable on the streets of Durango, Dolores, Telluride, Ouray, Silverton and the rest as I would be in Old Town or DC. It's just so beautiful there; the film here only conveys a small part of it.
The heart of the region is Lizard Head Pass, and that is where my ashes will be scattered when the time comes.
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