Telluride

Dog days of summer are long gone. It was sweater weather in Telluride this weekend.

Telluride, Colorado is a little ski town that sits between huge, in-your-face mountains. It is a highly relaxed community of bike riders, mountain athletes, a well-known celebrity here and there, and most noticeably, more happy dogs than you can shake a stick at.

We went to soak in more Colorado mountain magic before the winter comes. We ended up soaking in a little more than that, however-- on Sunday we experienced a stupendous thunderstorm, which drove us into the local bookstore and coffee shops, where we listened to the thunderclaps echoing off the cliff walls of the valley....