"Rain, rain, go away..."
Our third day in Colorado opened to grey skies and raindrops.
We drove from Redstone to Aspen mid-morning. Aspen was much smaller than we expected, but a very cute little town. There are a ton of Victorian houses with tulip gardens, historical buildings downtown, and several ski resorts (of course). You could easily tell the locals from the tourists in Aspen. We were freezing while wearing jackets over our fleece sweaters, yet the locals were walking around town in shorts and tank tops.
We headed to White River National Forest after lunch. This scenic drive came highly recommended by the woman at Aspen’s tourist information center. The ride up was beautiful. We stopped to take photos in a forest full of Aspen trees, Ashleigh frolicked in snow up to her knees, and Jay stopped to read ALL of the plaques. :)
We ended up hiking through the Maroon Bells, a snowy area with a river running into a lake. We met several friendly people along the way; tourist couples, locals out with their dogs, and a bicyclist who had lost her group going up the mountain… We exchanged friendly "hellos" and took photos of one another.
Afterwards, we headed back into Aspen to walk around town. We stopped at the grocery store to buy fruit, visited a few art galleries, and dodged several rainshowers in between. We found the PERFECT piece for Ashleigh’s parent’s fireplace in one of the galleries. Unfortunately, we were fourteen thousand dollars shy of the asking price... We'll keep looking! ;)
We are back in Redstone this evening. We had a picnic dinner at a park on the river. Tomorrow we plan to stop in Vail and Winter Park on our way to the mountain house. We are looking forward to the trip, but keeping our fingers crossed that the sun comes out to play.
Nighty night,
Ashleigh & Jay
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