This morning, we slept in until 9 before we hauled ourselves up and got prepared for a day of relaxation at the end of our epic cross-country adventure. I know. Just the sound of that sentence makes me cringe. Who the hell needs a vacation from their vacation? But for all the fun this has been, and it really has, we've done a lot of walking and driving. So much driving, and to have a day where we aren't needing to be somewhere was nice. Also, Glenwood Springs is known for its enormous natural hot springs. How could we not?
We hit the hot springs just after ten, and since it was the off season, we only had to pay $13.25 for an all day pass. We rented out a locker as well, then headed up to the changing rooms, only to find out that we had to shower before we got into the hot springs. It was a little awkward, but mostly in that "walk through a place soaking wet" way. The Glenwood Hot Springs are divided into two different pools, one of which is piped pretty much directly from the hot spring itself, and stays right around 104 degrees. The second pool is a lot larger, and has a diving board at one end, as well as lanes for laps, and a nice huge area for swimming. It's also a frigid 94 degrees, by comparison. EK and I spent a good hour between the pools before we realized that we were completely starving.
Utilizing our all day pass, we headed out, and decided to try the Glenwood Brew Pub, since it was supposed to be open this time around. Fortunately it was, and we enjoyed a nice lunch. I got a mesquite turkey grilled cheese and their house honey wheat beer, which was delicious, and EK ended up with a really solid cheeseburger. Nothing mind blowing, but still very tasty. Afterwards, we headed back to the hot springs for more hot and less hot swimming in mineral water. We lasted another hour or so before we called it a day, showered off the minerals as best as we could and hit up the Sacred Grounds coffee place, where we got smoothies and waited to kill time until our hostel opened back up and we could get real showers.
Some more relaxation and showers with real shampoo and conditioner were just what the doctor ordered, and around 7, feeling pretty good, we headed back out for a cheap meal at May Palace, a place that served several different types of Asian food, and was doing a "recession special" wherein all menu items were 1/2 off. Hard to resist. On our way out, I also got the chance to dote on the hostel's resident dog, Spacey, who was about the sweetest thing out there.
The food was all right, the service was ok, but the price couldn't be beat, and full, we hit the hostel once more to start packing up. The biggest adventure so far, as I write this, has been finding a way to fit in all of the books that we have obtained in our adventures without going over the weight limits. I am downing my Lumberyard Red Rock Raspberry Imperial pint right now, because there was no way that, plus the books, plus everything else, was going to fit in to the suticase. EK has some of my clothes. I have almost all of her books, I am honestly not sure how this is going to pan out, but we're out of here tomorrow at 7, so for now, good night.
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