We drove in to Telluride, CO with our big rig and stopped at the visitor center to find out where to have lunch and park for the day. I guess we were lucky to even find a place to park there. The streets were either one way or very narrow. It was an interesting place with victorian styled homes built to look like period homes, but they were all new and all for sale! I'd snatch one up if I could. It was very quaint.
The visitor center had recommended we take the free gondola ride up to mountain village and have lunch. Since there was little parking and Adam was not feeling well we decided to take the wheelchair...and the dog. Sequoia's not used to walking with the chair yet and he kept stopping. I think he was afraid of being run over and probably rightly so. But, he made it worse by putting the brakes on therefore pulling my wrists and making me swing the chair around. It was a wonder that I didn't dump Adam over on his side.
Once we three got into a rhythm we walked all of four blocks (which felt like a mile) to the gondola village. After that excursion I was sweating, out of breath and in no mood to stuff the three of us and the wheelchair into a gondola. So, we elected to eat outside at the base of the mountain. Of course we had to choose the couch in the shade which was just in reach of the sprinklers which, according to the waitress, never soak customers but chose that day to do so all over us. Well, that felt good.
Lunch was ok and the scenery was breathtaking. We strolled leisurely back to the camper (it was downhill) and took our time leaving. Telluride is a town I would like to revisit maybe one day for an outdoor film festival. I can see why celebrities choose to make their mountain homes here. It's so remote that it is difficult to get to and easy to hide away. The drive alone was worth the visit.
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