Dinner in Mesa Verde~or should I say part three of our roadtrip

Sorry about the delay, but here are the final pictures of our trip we took during Labor Day (over a month ago)!

 After breakfast in Ouray (part one of our road trip) and lunch in Telluride (part two),  we continued driving southwest to the town of Cortez to conclude our road trip. 

We arrived at the Mesa Verde National Park, late afternoon on Saturday. We still had several hours of daylight but not enough time to see all the ruins, which was a shame because I would have liked to take a guided tour but time was running out and we still had to drive back to Denver.... that night. (yes call us crazy!) So instead of seeing the cliff dwellings up close, we saw them from a distance. 

Still, pretty impressive right?

Lunch in Telluride

The resort town of Telluride might be the ultimate destination for many but for us, it also meant an enjoyable scenic route, through winding mountain roads.

We began our road trip during Labor Day weekend with no particular set agenda. After breakfast in Ouray, we continued driving to the town of Telluride.

We arrived in the midst of the 38th Telluride Film Festival.  It was rumored George Clooney and Tilda Swinton would be there to receive some sort of award during the festival.

We walked through the town, admiring the restored Victorian buildings.

Some of the homes were really small!

 While riding the free gondola from Telluride to Mountain Village we met  film producer, Chris Kobin. He invited us to the premiere of the documentary, Hollywood Don't Surf!

 Unfortunately,the showtime at 10pm was too late for us. 

 We had lunch, picnic style. (Look, we are both wearing pink sweaters! haha)

While we didn't see any Hollywood stars we did meet a few college students who spotted George Clooney and Jennifer Garner!  

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After lunch in Telluride we continued driving southwest to the town of Cortez, for our final destination Mesa Verde National Park. 

You think we would be tired of all the driving, but like I said, we really enjoyed the scenic drive.
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more about Mesa Verde in another post.