SW COLORADO, PLACERVILLE

We say good-bye to Ouray, the Switzerland of America and head toward Telluride.  We cruise through town to the Town Park campground which is full.  We cruise back through town and find a river the dogs can play in.  While we're touring the countryside we get a message from Chip Malone to stop and see Lindsay Malone who now lives in Placerville, about 9 miles east of Telluride.  We stop by and find her living in a spacious log home that was built in 3 stages.  The beauty of her place is the San Miguel River is right over the bank.  This is one of the few rivers in Colorado that has not been damed up.  We spend the afternoon sitting on her deck and catching up on over a decade of news.  We were last here in 2000.  She then drives us back to town (Telluride) where we have dinner on the sidewalk.  We park at her place for the night.