Back in April for spring break, we went up to Glenwood Springs for a few nights to get a fun break. We drove up Friday after Matt got off work, and stopped in Frisco, purely for the cool hotel. We found a room with 3 queen beds! I swear I had a picture of it on this post, but now that I'm writing it, I don't see it. Oh well.
It was Jacob's first time in a hotel (that he remembers) and he loved it. He thought the phone with all the cords was just about the coolest thing ever. We had to unplug it from the wall since he would not stop playing with it. He kept just picking it up and talking to anyone and everyone. It was the cutest thing!
We hit up our favorite pizza place, Russo's Pizza. If you ever drive through, you've gotta try it. Yum!
Then we braved the rain and wind and went up to Glenwood Adventure Park. You have to take a tram up there, and that was terrifying. Terrifying! Ok, it was just me that was terrified. :) The kids kept walking around and looking everywhere, and it was all I could do to not panic. Ha! I kept begging them to just sit down, but then they thought it was funny that I was freaking out so bad. They're just so funny. It rained a little on the way up, and was slightly windy, but we made it finally in one piece.
Jacob found these hats in the gift shop, and he loved it so much I would have bought him one if they weren't $30. sheesh.
Tyler on the giant rocking chair.
So since it was raining, we decided to head to the cave tour first. This was also terrifying. It was just a day of facing all my fears, apparently. :) I hate confined spaces, and spaces that are also underground and I'm trapped by a shut door...just about the worst.
It was really cool, I do have to admit. The tour guide lady was absolutely hilarious! She made the whole thing worth it. You can tell she's spent a lot of time underground in the cave. haha!
At one point, you go down all these stairs, and there's a little room that you go in, and they shut a garage door behind you. So we were even more trapped. I almost hyperventilated. They turned off the lights at one point to make it completely dark, you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face. I was hoping one of the kids would start screaming or something, so she'd turn the lights back on. But NO. They all just loved it and were cool as cucumbers.
When we came out of the caves it had stopped raining. But was still cold and wet. It started raining again soon thereafter. The nice thing about the rain was that most people had left the mountian. So we had everything to ourselves! The downside was that it was wet. Jacob and I went down the alpine slide and were just soaked afterwards. You can see all the water on Jacob's face. I felt so bad! But we really did have a good time.
We just went down over and over again. There was no line, it was so awesome! Even after some of us were done, Jordyn just kept going. We all probably went at least 15 times each. At one point we saw a bunch of deer next to the track. It was so fun.
This is the view from the top of the mountain and the alpine slide.
Then we mixed in the zip line. Holy cow. Jordyn was sooo excited to do the zip line, she'd been talking about it all weekend long. But then she got a little nervous, understandably. Tyler and Matt braved it first, and said it was awesome.
Reagan was Matt's designated picture taker, since she refused to go on. Which was fine with me.
Finally Jordyn decided to go. She was so nervous. She hid on the way out, but on the way back....
She was thrilled! She was so excited and bouncing up and down. She loved it!
I did it too, but I don't have pictures of me on it. I went with Tyler. It. was. awful. They pull you backwards really fast, and I kept thinking I was just going to fall right out of the chair. Luckily we all survived.
Reagan and I on the Alpine Slide.
Jacob wearing Tyler's sweatshirt.
Here's a picture I took facing behind us as we went up the end of the alpine slide. After the course is over, they pull you up a reallllllly long hill. It took a long time. At one point Tyler said he was napping on the way back up! ha!
We also hit the hot springs, but I didn't get any pictures of us while we were there. I took this later, showing the area we were.
It was so much fun. Seriously, if you're looking for a family friendly place to take a vacation, Glendwood Springs is your place. The kids are dying to go back! I'm sure we'll be back soon.
