Beautiful Telluride

Wrote this post yesterday......only just got to upload it now....heading up towards Crested Butte at the moment :-)

Got back to Telluride in time to score ourselves a perfect camp spot in the 'Town Park', next to a lovely freezing stream (snowmelt season). No swimming for us! Can hardly stand in it for more than 10 seconds. Only slightly fewer mozzies here, but seems to have other 'bitey' insects that deserve to be punished and squashed! Rode up the gondola again with our 2 well-used bikes, but this time actually rode some uphill (after getting off the gondola at 10,500 ft) on their 'Prospect Trail'! Got up to 11,160 feet which is around 3200m – ish. Saw some marmots – large, furry creatures that look a little like beavers, but without the dam, of course. Lungs were burning on the steep bits, but I think we are slowly getting used to the altitude. Awesome, fast downhill singletrack back to 9,500 – and then back up the gondola a few more times to do their 'downhill' tracks, just to make the most of the freebie. :-) You know us!!

Rushed back to town, as Brent wanted to catch the Moto GP in one of the pubs, but alas, after settling in with beers & a full meal, we were to find out that the tv schedule had changed. No Moto GP for Brent. But it was a delicious meal. Wondering whereabouts to head to next. Maybe Fruita. Maybe Crested Butte. We really are making this up as we go along. We haven't booked any accommodation in advance...meaning sometimes, we are searching for a little while to find somewhere suitable (i.e. 'cheap ' haha). But for the most part, it has been great to have no commitments.....can leave schedules and plans for when we get home :-)