1999-09-03
SR 550 "Million Dollar Highway"

After being away from home for 2 and 3 month respectively, Regula and Tobi feel a little home sick, what a great coincidence that right north of Mesa Verde there is one of the most beautiful mountain highways of Colerado (the AAA tour book says so, therefore it must be true). We spend several hours driving through the lovely Mountains of San Juan county and feel almost at home. Only the color of the mountains is not quite the same as back home ...

The first question most people we meet ask us, is "Where are you from?" Today, the reactions to our answer "Switzerland!" were particularly interesting. "Oh, in that case these mountains must seem really small to you ...". It seems that Switzerland Tourism (Inc.) is doing a real good job in making our mountains bigger that anyone else's ...


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