Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

After the last 10 or so days in Utah, it was time to move on. I really did enjoy all the red rocks and nature and warm-ish weather, but I can only take so much desert type wasteland before I need to see some green, and people, and if I’m lucky water.

Jacob has wanted to see Asssspen since the Mutt Cutts rolled through in the mid-90s. We don’t have nearly enough money to actually stay in Aspen, so Glenwood springs was the best we could do. Since none of us ski, and everyone likes hot springs, this seemed like an easy choice. We were only there for a couple of nights but we made the most of a mini vacation to relax. We booked ourselves into a hotel with a water park as the kids Easter gift. They splashed their way through the first evening with only one major injury before heading out to dinner.

We managed to convince the kids to leave the pool the second day to drive in to Aspen. We really had no idea what to expect, but to be honest, I was pretty disappointed. The town itself looked a bit abandoned. We kept feeling like maybe we were in the wrong spot, and if we just walked another block or two we would find it. But we never did. We did eventually go to the base of the mountain and did find some people – but nothing that made me want to spend thousands of dollars to be there.

After our day trip to Aspen we headed over to the Glenwood Hot Springs. They have a pool the size of two city blocks plus another hot tub area. The pool has a diving board, lanes and wonderfully heated water. It’s all fed by the natural hot springs below and kept at a consistent 32. The hot tub is kept at 40. This may be the only type of pool I like. We spent the afternoon there, headed back to the hotel for dinner and hurried back for a before bed swim.