Do you think you have spotted an outsider roaming the streets of Colorado, but just can’t tell for sure? No need to look for an identification, certain markings, or ask for a blood sample; just go through this checklist of 14 things that may determine whether or not someone is a tourist:

1. A tourist typically assumes that everyone in the state is a stoner...
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2. ...gets a little too gung ho about legal weed...
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3. ...and then ends up going out and doing something REALLY stupid.
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4. Is the person in question wearing Patriots apparel...
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5. ...ordering a nasty Bud Light at dinner...
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6. ...or asking to go to Casa Bonita?
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Probably a tourist.
7. Do they speak with an accent...
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8. ...or refuse to smother their pancakes, birthday cake, and/or salad in green chili?
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9. Can they pronounce Buena Vista...
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10. ...Mesa Verde...
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11. ...and Ouray?
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12. Can they drive... Colorado style?
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The rules of the road: Yellow/the first 5 seconds of a red light mean gun it and anything goes on I-25.
13. Finally, tourists don't realize that South Park is indeed a real place...
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...just not the same as the TV show.
14. ...and that there is more to the state than just the mountains.
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What other ways can you spot a tourist?

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