Colorado Day 2

June 19, 2015 (Friday)

Hanging Lake

After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we hiked the Hanging Lake Trail. Research stated that the parking lot fills quickly. There were plenty of spaces when we arrived at 7:30ish, but by the time we left (10ish) there was a wait for parking spaces. The trail was considered moderate-strenuous. The trail follows the Dead Horse Creek and has a few foot bridge crossings. The top portion of the trail was very rocky and steep – thank goodness for handrails! The trail was 1.2 miles long (one-way) and is a 1000 foot climb. The view at the top is lovely.

View along the Hanging Lake Trail

For lunch, we headed back to downtown Glenwood Springs. We decided to try out CO Ranch House – excellent choice! We all loved our meals – pulled pork, elk quesadilla, veggie pot pie. We enjoyed sitting in the outdoor patio. It was by far the best meal we had on the trip.

Once lunch was complete we wandered around at the downtown shops. The Strawberry Festival was also going on all weekend, but we did not make it that far into town. Later in the afternoon, we dropped Sarah off to attend the wedding, which was about 20 minutes outside of Glenwood Springs. Pam enjoyed the hot tub and pool for a bit and then we walked to Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant for dinner. The portions were large, but the food was just okay. The service also was not the best – a lot of high school age kids worked there.

On our return trip from picking Sarah up from the wedding we got stuck in traffic. The tunnel was closed. After about 50 minutes the tunnel reopened. There was a car upside down on the side of the road – yikes! It was a good thing we were not a few minutes earlier or it might have been us.