May 16-23 Cortez, CO

After leaving Durango, we took a short ride to Cortez, CO, our next stop. Negotiated my first difficult mountain grade (still learning). Cortez is smaller than Durango, more of a ranching, farming town, not nearly the number of nice restaurants. Close to Mesa Verde (more later), Hovenweep, Canyon of the Ancients. Felt fortunate our campsite was very nice; it is hard to know just what these places will be like, even with reviews, etc. Did take a side trip to Telluride (someone said the billionaires (Oprah and others) were taking over from the millionaires) to see what all the fuss was about. Other that a lot of expensive homes and a lot of realtors, it just looked like another ski town to me. They can claim the best waterfall in CO though, made more impressive by this season's snow melt; will try to post a picture. Next stop Bluff, Utah.