Spring is here!!!

Day 10: Out of the snow and onward to Durango!

8:00am - Breakfast

We started the day by having a nice little breakfast after a long hard day prior.

Gotta love the free hotel breakfast foods.  Billy: I was strategizing my way down out of the snowy mountains without crashing Cleetus.

9:00am - Walking around Telluride

We took the morning and walked around the town.  We went to ACE hardware to get gloves.  Billy also tested his backup pair of snow chains on Cleetus to make sure they fit.  Ironically, the roads had melted and we didn't actually need snow chains anymore :-/


The sun is coming.

It's almost here!

Hello sun master! Please warm us up!

It's still coooold!!

Thank youuu!

The beautiful town of Telluride.  It's basically a ski resort.

We couldn't see this beauty at night.

The icicles were long enough to pierce through Billy.  Eeek!

Looks like an old western town.

Big trees!

12:00pm - On the road again

We got on the road and headed towards Durango, CO.  Billy: I was really worried at first after our incident last night with the slippery and icy roads.  Fortunately the roads were all melty and easy to drive in the morning.

Here are some cool road trip pics!






We stopped by a local diner to get some grub.  Yum!  This was at the Ponderosa Restaurant in Dolores, CO.  The conversation was really great!  We were the only ones in there since they were about to close, but we had a great conversation with the waitress about the One Million Dollar Highway, Rotary Club, amongst other things.  This cafe is where the local Dolores rotary club meets.  They are some movers and shakers.

Very greasy! Mary: Billy ate healthy.  The grease was all mine! 😝

When our bellies were full (and our Billys), we got on the road again.

More gratuitous road trip pictures!


We found the Coors Light logo!

5:00pm - Durango

We rolled into town and checked into our Airbnb in one piece.  The area was georgous and we can't wait to explore it more in the coming week!

Coming into Durango!

The river in Durango!  We made it!

Downtown Durango, CO

Billy taking secret pictures.

Next stop: Staying in Durango, CO for the week


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