Taking it Easy in Glenwood Springs
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canyonwalkerColorado Travelog #39
Glenwood Springs, CO - Friday, 8 Jul 2022, 10pm
I've written before about weekends fast and slow. Today is a day with both fast and slow. This morning was pretty busy. We hiked to Hanging Lake. We were there for 4 hours, and I wrote five blogs about it. Now it's been over 9 hours since we left, and I only have one blog about that. Because we're taking it easy now.
Our first order of business after the hike was to get some lunch. We decided on Village Inn, a diner in town. Though it's a chain I'm not sure I've been to one before. Inside the teal and orange motif is reminiscent of the old Howard Johnson's from 40+ years ago. I imagine that's deliberate as this kind of restaurant caters to people who remember fondly the restaurant scene of 40+ years ago. I found the menu uninteresting... unless you want breakfast all day or a burger. I'm not much of a breakfast person, especially at 1pm, so I ordered a burger.
After lunch we did a bit of shopping in downtown Glenwood Springs. And by shopping I mean browsing. Everything was expensive. For example, an outdoors store had all the same brands I can buy at REI, for 25% more than REI. And a salesguy there asked me if I was going hiking at Hanging Lake later today. "Nah, man, I already did that this morning," was fun to say.
Mid-afternoon we holed up at the hotel. We soaked in the hot tub for half an hour or so then lazed around the room. Hawk took a nap for a bit while Icaught up on got less behind on my blog.
This evening we ordered in food from a Chinese restaurant near the hotel. We ordered big on purpose to have leftovers for breakfast tomorrow. Tomorrow will be another early day, like today, with alarms at 6:30 or 6:45am and a need to be rolling in the car by 8. We're going to Maroon Lake, to make good on a bucket list item I've had for 30+ years!
Glenwood Springs, CO - Friday, 8 Jul 2022, 10pm
I've written before about weekends fast and slow. Today is a day with both fast and slow. This morning was pretty busy. We hiked to Hanging Lake. We were there for 4 hours, and I wrote five blogs about it. Now it's been over 9 hours since we left, and I only have one blog about that. Because we're taking it easy now.
Our first order of business after the hike was to get some lunch. We decided on Village Inn, a diner in town. Though it's a chain I'm not sure I've been to one before. Inside the teal and orange motif is reminiscent of the old Howard Johnson's from 40+ years ago. I imagine that's deliberate as this kind of restaurant caters to people who remember fondly the restaurant scene of 40+ years ago. I found the menu uninteresting... unless you want breakfast all day or a burger. I'm not much of a breakfast person, especially at 1pm, so I ordered a burger.
After lunch we did a bit of shopping in downtown Glenwood Springs. And by shopping I mean browsing. Everything was expensive. For example, an outdoors store had all the same brands I can buy at REI, for 25% more than REI. And a salesguy there asked me if I was going hiking at Hanging Lake later today. "Nah, man, I already did that this morning," was fun to say.
Mid-afternoon we holed up at the hotel. We soaked in the hot tub for half an hour or so then lazed around the room. Hawk took a nap for a bit while I
This evening we ordered in food from a Chinese restaurant near the hotel. We ordered big on purpose to have leftovers for breakfast tomorrow. Tomorrow will be another early day, like today, with alarms at 6:30 or 6:45am and a need to be rolling in the car by 8. We're going to Maroon Lake, to make good on a bucket list item I've had for 30+ years!
