I would highly recommend sub-letting your Telluride room. Leaving ABQ at 8 PM you will arrive in Telluride something like 3 or 4 AM the next morning if you don’t hit a deer or elk on the road between Dolores and Telluride. That last bit of road over Lizard Head is tough to do in the wee hours of the morning. Plus it is so incredibly scenic to do the Durango to Telluride drive, it is really a shame to do it in the dark. All good advice above about the speed traps and gas too.
Great post!! I too am flying into NM from San Antonio with a drive to Telluride.