With the summer season right around the corner The Telegraph asked: “What?s the most unusual question a tourist has ever asked you??”

Deborah Higgs

“Why did they build Mesa Verde so far from the road?”


Johnny Love

“I was raft guiding and someone asked where the tracks for the raft were.”


Liz Glaysher

“Does the river loop around town?”

Katina Heinitz

“At what elevation do the deer turn into elk?”



John Hanna

“Where is the strip club around here?”

 

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Let it snow

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Look, but don't take

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Big plans

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