Sunday morning we slept in a bit later, we were so exhausted from all of the activities on Saturday. Matt and I don't know how to sleep in anymore (it is really sad, we can't sleep in past 8:30), so we were all packed and ready to go by the time everybody else woke up. We decided to head into town and pick up coffee and breakfast for the group while they packed and organized.
By the time we had the cabin cleaned and we were all packed, it was about 11:00. We decided to head into Telluride and take the scenic way on the way there. There is a road off of 62 called Last Dollar Road that takes you into town through a dirt road with lots of sharp turns. The road is closed January - May, you definitely wouldn't want to be here in bad conditions!
There were beautiful aspen trees and wildflowers, unfortunately no wildlife spotting. Right as we were going down the mountain towards Telluride, it started to rain pretty hard. I get a little (okay, a lot) freaked out when there are adverse weather conditions and you're in the mountains! The dirt road quickly became sloppy and our way down was very interesting!
About 90 minutes later I was very happy to be on pavement in Telluride! I expected Telluride to be like Aspen - beautiful, international and highly expensive. Thankfully, I was wrong. The town reminded me of Breckenridge. It's not as big as Aspen, but it's a quaint mountain town with all of the essentials. Not many big name shops, but enough to do a little retail therapy. It's more exclusive and so far from Denver that you don't get the locals driving up every weekend. We were starving for lunch and it was still raining, so we tried to find something quickly.
We went back and forth a few times to find a good lunch spot, but ultimately ended up at Appalosa Trading Co. It was half restaurant, half leather/cowboy/western store. It was a less than pleasant experience due to their beyond terrible service (you can read my review at the above link). Due to the lunch delay, we didn't get on the road until 3:30,which put us home in Denver at 9:30.
It was a beautiful weekend and we explored a new part of Colorado we had never seen.
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