A really nice day

I said that we were going to go for a drive down towards Telluride and we did.  It's the Last Dollar Road.  In June we did it from Telluride back to the north towards Ridgway, so this time we did it in reverse.  We got a kick out of this sign at the entrance to the road.

Pretty good, huh?

The road meanders through fields and meadows before it starts to climb up over the pass on Last Dollar Mountain.  There is still a bit of color around as you crest the hills.

Almost over

The road is much rougher than it was in June.  We keep climbing up through the aspens.

A tunnel of color!

We continue up to a viewpoint still short of the pass.  What a vista!  I'm trying not to fall off the cliff edge:-)

Wow

We stop at another viewpoint fairly close to Telluride's airport for lunch.  Not a bad spot, huh?

Lunch time

We are even seeing some signs of winter high up on the north side of the mountains.

First snow

We continue along and start to descend towards town.  We get a view back up the canyon towards Telluride.

Telluride

We descend and join the main road and turn to head back to Ridgway.  We take a nice walk around the campground then have a fantastic anniversary dinner with some great wine.  As I said, a really nice day!