OK we slept in the cabin/cottage with the windows open and it got COLD!!! Because of the altitude both Lisa and I woke up every hour or so but we made it through the night.
Hit the Hickory House (see previous post) for breakfast (voted the best breakfast in Aspen). Shared a 3 egg vegetable omlette and neither of us went hungry. Walked a block to try to cross the street and found the White Mountains National Forest Ranger station. Talked to a ranger (well actually she talked to us) about different hikes to do while in Aspen.
Started following her directions and we got to see some of the 'beautiful people' live but basically there are bike trails, pedestrian only streets, and pathways so you don't need a car. The problem is most people are using a car so Main Street is really, really busy. We started up Hunter's Creek Trail and realized that we wouldn't get to see Hannah for lunch if we tried for the top. We turn around and on the way to meet Hannah, we found the Aspen Brewery (see previous post). It wasn't quite noon so it wasn't quite open but it we put it on the list for the next day. Had lunch with Hannah at Booksellers and Bistro. The book store is very fancy and thorough and the lunch was even fancier. Lisa had a fancy salad with blueberries and candied ginger while Hannah had the BBQ vegeburger and I had soup.
Took Hannah up to her rehearsal with David Zinnman at the Aspen Music School. The oboe player didn't show up so they were delayed playing through Mozart's Jupiter Symphony until they found a clarinet player to play the part in C. Listened to the first movement and then we hit the grocery store for a picnic dinner. Plan was to listen to the orchestra concert on the lawn and have wine and cheese but the Forest Ranger suggested going to Snowmass for the Free Summer Concerts. Drew Emmett formerly of the Leftover Salmon was playing and it was suppose to be great. Also, Hannah's friend from Oberlin is working as an intern at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and he wanted to take us on a nature hike that left from the exact same Snowmass parking lot.
Hike was very informative and I learned:
- Aspens are genetically identical
- Why it was snowing in Aspen in the summer
- What Corn Lilies look like
We made the hike in less than 2 hours and got to the concert site but they wouldn't let us bring the wine. They insisted that we buy it inside!!! We had the picnic and listened to most of the first half. Turns out that Lisa was getting a splitting headache from the altitude so we left to go back to our cabin/cottage.
I left Lisa to rest and walked to the Music Tent and heard the last half of the Nutcracker.
We both slept much better....
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