Visit to Co in late June. Mistake?

[brightdoglover]

There was a time when people got rewards for rep points and the algorithm wants to prevent people from piling on the points.

[Countryfreak]

Originally Posted by brightdoglover

There was a time when people got rewards for rep points and the algorithm wants to prevent people from piling on the points.

Ah. You would think with weeks going by you could again rep someone for their help.

[Colorado Rambler]

Originally Posted by COcheesehead

The drive up to Cortez from the four corners isn’t particularly interesting and Cortez is a little scruffy, but once you are east of there towards Mesa Verde, some of the best of Colorado emerges.

Whadya mean "Cortez is a little scruffy"? Our town parks accept only the most witty and amusing drunks and every Saturday the local biker group (the Montezuma County Patriots) doesn't scuffle with just any old low class opposing gang of Harley riders with vacant eyes, but rather the Patriots' classic cross town rivalry is with the good Episcopalian folk who attend St. Barnabas Church (just around the corner from the vacant lot where the award winning TV show "Cortez has got Talent(ed) Homeless People" is filmed.

Colorado towns like Palisade and Clifton are known for their wines, but wait till you try the meth made in Cortez's third smallest trailer park on the west side of town. The Montezuma County Patriots swear by it when they're not swearing at the Episcopalians.

Still not convinced? Then you obviously have never visited Cortez's one and only dog park located directly across from Cortez's one and only cemetery right as you enter town on Highway 160. We keep the location of our Pet Sementary a secret, but every single former dog owner who has ever called Cortez home is buried there across from the dog park. It is said that on nights with a full moon during the dog days of August, the ghosts of Cortez's dog owners wander Highway 666 (which some wussie boys insist on calling Highway 491) still calling sadly for their lost pets. "Here Satan's Little Helper. Come on girl!"

You Sir, have insulted the good name of my adopted home town. Therefore, I am challenging you to a contest to see who can drink the most scruffy beers ever at the Loungin' Lizard on Main Street in Cortez. I'll be the one in the Gila monster costume sitting at the bar.

[hikenbike]

^^ Accurate.

[Techy02]

I should also add that highway 550 from Durango to Ouray is about the prettiest drive you can make. And if you are in Ouray you may as well hit the black canyon since you are that close. I love the black canyon. If you take the east portal road in black canyon national park, down shift and be nice to your brakes.

[pikabike]

Ha, good one, Rambler!

Just one tweak (pun intended): The entire county is Pet Semetary, right along the roads! Some of MoCo’s finest honor their domestic animals, plus numerous poached wild ones, by dumping them on any land but their own. No burial or payment needed!

Farmer’s Market starts up soon. Can’t wait to see if the Montezuma County Hatriots “honor” a very fine tradition by blaring their truck horns and parading nutjob aberrations of the true US flag. Honking incessantly and so loudly that the customers and vendors that actually, you know, benefit the community can’t hear each other.

[Countryfreak]

Originally Posted by Techy02

I should also add that highway 550 from Durango to Ouray is about the prettiest drive you can make. And if you are in Ouray you may as well hit the black canyon since you are that close. I love the black canyon. If you take the east portal road in black canyon national park, down shift and be nice to your brakes.

When I leave Cortez I was looking at that 550 route up to 50 then head east towards Canon City. Looking forward to seeing this route.