Caves and Rides
Thursday – 7/17
When we get up in the morning, I start making some calls about horseback rides. There is a spot outside town that the people at the office recommend and they have an opening for Friday late morning.
That means we will have today to visit Glenwood Caverns. I also want to visit Aspen and see Maroon Bells, but that would make for a lot of driving and we might have to cut the day short in Glenwood Springs.
We head into town and take the tram up to the Adventure Park. There are many rides, attractions and things to do up here. The highlight is a tour of the caves. The kids are saying “been there done that”, but at the last caves we did not see stalagmites and I think this might be a better tour for that.
http://www.glenwoodcaverns.com/
We spent a couple hours riding the rides including an Aspen Slide (this one is fixed to a track and can’t fly off course), a sling shot ride and many others.
The cave tour was incredible, and the kids spent the entire day running from ride to ride taking it all in. We had lunch at the cafeteria overlooking the village below. The entire day was spent on the mountain and we grabbed some dinner in town before heading back to the campground.
When we get up in the morning, I start making some calls about horseback rides. There is a spot outside town that the people at the office recommend and they have an opening for Friday late morning.
That means we will have today to visit Glenwood Caverns. I also want to visit Aspen and see Maroon Bells, but that would make for a lot of driving and we might have to cut the day short in Glenwood Springs.
We head into town and take the tram up to the Adventure Park. There are many rides, attractions and things to do up here. The highlight is a tour of the caves. The kids are saying “been there done that”, but at the last caves we did not see stalagmites and I think this might be a better tour for that.
http://www.glenwoodcaverns.com/
We spent a couple hours riding the rides including an Aspen Slide (this one is fixed to a track and can’t fly off course), a sling shot ride and many others.
The cave tour was incredible, and the kids spent the entire day running from ride to ride taking it all in. We had lunch at the cafeteria overlooking the village below. The entire day was spent on the mountain and we grabbed some dinner in town before heading back to the campground.