If your going do that come through Gallup first and visit historic Route 66
and the El Rancho Hotel, Home of the Moviestars and neon and say hey, then
head north on 666 through the Navajo nation, Chaco Canyon, Shiprock then turn
left through 4 corners up to To-hell-u-ride.
Skip Telluride; it's just a bunch of 7-foot-tall, nordic-looking (no
offense, Tom) Trust-Fund doofusses, with hip sunglasses and carrying
mountainbikes on their backs. Beer $3 or $4 a pop. Lavender shacks that go
for a mill. Forget about it. Instead, from Cortez, my former abode, go through
Mancos (a beautiful little town in the shadow of the La Plata Mtns.), and
hit Durango, which while touristy, at least has some real people living
there. Then go north to Silverton and Ouray. After that, you're on your
own, unless you want to be adventurous, and check out Central Idaho, which
is just as pretty as anywhere in western Montana, and also has fewer
egotistical movie stars and more secluded hot springs. -- Terry Smith
np The Best of Guitar Slim on Specialty Records. Rough guitar player,
but he could sing, and with Mr. Ray Charles hitting the ivories and
arranging, well, I gotta say...
