Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado (June 19 - 23)

We left Pagosa Springs early on Tuesday morning and headed to Durango, Colorado. The drive was very smokey and even a little frightening when the visibility became so bad that for a while that we couldn’t tell we were in the mountains anymore.

Very gratefully we arrived in Durango about 9 am leaving the smoke behind and immediately headed for breakfast at the Durango Diner.  Very yummy and fun atmosphere.  We sat at the bar and watched the cook make our breakfast.

Huevos Rancheros and Biscuits with 1/2  sausage gravy and 1/2 green chili gravy.

After breakfast we drove through some gorgeous mountain passes on scenic Colorado Highway 550 to Silverton and Ouray then down in the valley to Montrose (where the road became highway 50 to Delta.)  Fantastic drive!  From Delta we drove Highway 65 onto the Grand Mesa.