Our journey takes us south today, out of Ridgway and toward Mesa Verde National Park. We have dueling weather reports, one predicting snow over the pass and the other predicting clear skies. To hedge our bets, we leave early, arriving in Telluride mid morning. This popular ski town has incredible charm and an abundance of yellow aspens. It also has an award winning pizza parlor, the Brown Dog Pizza, with choices like NY, Chicago or Detroit style and toppings never seen before. Because we are short on time, we order a thin thin which is mediocre, and which we soon regret as we see Detroit style pizzas being brought out for others that look significantly better than our soggy crusted one. On the TV is the report about the Las Vegas shooting which is a sad reminder of the state of our country.
On the road again, we head over the pass at 12,000ft with rain/snow falling and gusty winds. The colors on this stretch of the San Juan skyway are simply gorgeous, deep yellow-orange lining the highway and stretching up the sides of the mountain.
