The Hotel Denver Glenwood Springs

But not neccessarily the sun. Glenwood Springs has been offering up their naturally heated hot springs since 1888. For about $14.00 you can soak in it too. Got to say we all loved the 104 degree therapy pool. Out of the pool it was a cold 40 degrees. You could feel the cold mist when your shoulders ...

... pool and had fun swimming. Late in the day Gabi helped Hannah tend to the goats and Bri read. Tonight we went to a rodeo and had a tailgate party there on a big flat bed trailer with a bunch of Carl & Wendy's friends. Bri & Gabi got into it eventually and were whooping it up and cheering on the riders.

If all goes as planned, we'll get going by 9 and I've got a 12 hour drive as we head towards Seattle.

... 82 towards the pass, the girls were a bit anxious at the idea of climbing to 12,000 feet. Their nerves grew as we started the steep ascent through hairpin turns and winding narrow roads. I convinced them to chill and that we would make it alive, and by the time we hit the top and could get out and walk around, they were enjoying themselves. At the top the air was noticeably thinner, and the ...

... much the same as Nevada although closer to Utah the terrain changes. Large red canyons- much like the Grand Canyon. Some spots are spectacular. The road is fairly winding and some 6% grades. All that winding and twisting combined with hot stuffy air again made Andrew car sick. Poor kid has had a tough go of it all day. We got to Rifle about 730pm. The camp sight is off the main highway about ...

... plateau surrounded by canyons carved by the Colorado and Green rivers and is only connected to the surrounding area by a 40 foot wide connection. On this Isle the plateau is a mix of grassland and desert. Surrounded by cliffs that drop 100's of feet to the river valleys below.

It is hard to get standard size photos to do justice to these parks. If there was a place for panoramic photos these parks are definitely among them. Those will be coming later ...

... who would be sitting next to me. Way to make me feel good about the next 7+ hours!! Anyway, a nice gentlemen who was sitting next to them in a middle seat volunteered to swap and he ended up sitting next to me. He was on his way to Dubai. back to the original family, the thing that made it funny for me was they were speaking arabic thinking "no one here will understand us"!! Hahahahaha, fooled them :) The flights was ...

Took the roadtrip back out to Glenwood springs. Hit up Glenwood Springs after hiking Hanging Lake.

Great vertical hike. Lake actually hangs off the side of a mountain, small trickle of waterfall.

Humbling to have 6 year olds point out your fear of heights as you are scaling rock trails.

Amazing. But reaffirmed my everworsening fear of heights. Andy had a good time watching me crawl down rocks on my ass. Pathetic!

... amazing! After 2 hours lazing about in the pools we decided it was time to go - but just as we were about to get onto the track, a massive freight train came out through the mountains..... lucky we weren't up there 5 mintues earlier or we would've had to jump into the River!! :) All was good and after our brief visit to Glenwood Springs we had seen some of the most unbelievable natural attractions that exist!

... Got Nathan's ticket for $40US. They came back just after midday as cold and windy and snowing. They closed some of the smaller lifts at the top due to the wind. Kristina did all our eye make-up and Leigh, our hair. Lazy day – reading and on computer. Left at 4pm and Nathan stayed the night.

... them up there. But once I got up there, can balanced myself along a narrow rock path along way in the air towards the rock cliff the guys were on, I realised why they went up there. The view was even better from up there. No trees to block the sight and a sight it was. Frodo and I have been doing suplexes all camp. A suplex is where i lift him and he is vertical in tha air, like he is doing a handstnd, but I'm holding him up. We had this idea abuot doing it over ...