Fall Trip Day Twelve

I was in Colorado soon after leaving Utah this morning.  The signs had been changed and no longer read HW 666.  I was welcomed at the State Line without much fanfare, in fact, I figured I had entered Western Kansas instead.  Even the "Colorful Colorado" sign had white letters on a brown background (see photo).

Most of the leaves have fallen, but the few aspen leaves left offer some really great landscapes.  Telluride is right up there for the rich and famous.  Renovation work is going on all over town for both residential and commercial buildings.  They definitely have a strict building code that follows the Craftsman Style of Architecture.    
Gunnison is my home for tonight and also for Western State Colorado University.  No matter how you leave town, you have fantastic views and drives..

Located due center and the business hub in this part of CO is Montrose.  I didn't take any photos due to the task at hand called traffic.  Suburbia and franchises extend for miles, a bit disappointing from what I remembered years ago.