Aspen - June 25, 2008

Turns out that Hannah is playing a concert at 6PM this evening. Lisa and I would like to see it but because we didn't want to fly through Philly our flight doesn't get in until 2:30PM, Denver time. We then need to drive a reported 4 hours to Aspen. So I started looking at flying standby through Philly and it looked good up until 16 hours before the flight left. All the seats between Philadelphia and Denver were gobbled up at the last minute. This airline cut backs and high cost of flying is a pain...

Well we almost made it to Denver on time but because of some weather we ended up about 30 minutes late. We caught the bus to get the rental car and then spent a few minutes deliberating. My membership allows me to pick any car in the executive aisle but they end up throwing the SUVs which they can't rent there. Our choice was between a Hummer, Sequoia, and a GMC Acadia. The Acadia looked the smallest...

Got on the road and we ended up slowing down a few minutes for Denver rush hour traffic and then Lisa wanted a quick sandwich and then there was construction but surprise, surprise we made it to Aspen in time for the last piece on the program, Benjamin Britton's Young People's Orchestra. It was great seeing here play on the big stage.

We checked into our cottage/cabin in downtown Aspen and then hit the local pub, Bently's, since the regular restaurants were extremely expensive. A few words about L'Auberge D'Aspen. It had one of the lowest prices on the internet for a room this time of year. Turns out that they are single room cabins/cottages with a small shower and even smaller kitchenette. You pull your car right next to the cabin and walk in. They are right downtown in the middle of a residential section along main street. The location is perfect for us as it is about 6 blocks from the business district, 6 blocks from the Aspen Music Festival tent,2 blocks from the Hickory House, 10 blocks from Hunter Creek's trail, and 8 blocks from the Aspen Brewery, etc...