Day Five - Ridgway to Durango

..... by way of Telluride. 

We left Ridgway - home of the True Grit cafe (the movie was filmed in Ridgway) and Ralph Lauren's ranch - on a clear, blue sky morning and headed a short way down the road to Telluride. What a cool town. Laid back just like you expect it to be. 
 
   
We had to break Jack out of jail 
 
Then on down Hwy 145 to Dolores - but just to give you an idea of what riding in Colorado is like!



 
Once again a fantastic motorcycle road. Twists, straights, and scenery all the way. And, at lunch time in Delores, a terrific Mexican cafe. 
 
After lunch it was a short but scenic ride to Durango which almost got derailed when the ignition switch to Brad's bike flew to pieces. Either the motorcycle gods were kind to us or we are actually getting good at fixing these things because, unlike last year in Gallup, we actually got this one back together. 

The Harley store in Durango gave us some input on what to do if this ever happens again - and free beer!  We love Durango very much!

After free beer in the room, and passing up free drinks in the lobby bar (whaa ???) we headed downtown for dinner at the Manhattan Grille in the historic Strater Hotel.  Durango turns out to be a really cool town with lots of retail, restaurants and attractions.

 

  
After a great steak there was only one further level of  enjoyment for some of our team. If you look very carefully you will see that only one of them has actually lit the savoured object!
 
 

Tomorrow the Million Dollar Highwsy and on to Gunnison. 

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