Girls in Glenwood

Like I said the guys and girls went separate ways... us girls went up to Glenwood Springs, CO for some gorgeous scenery and some soaking in the springs. Friday afternoon we hiked up to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon. If you haven't done this, then go! It is so worth it... probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

Jamie and I posing before the 1000+ foot hike in what a mile and a half? It was pretty steep...


At the top of the trail you come around a corner and boom, there it is... you can't see it until you almost walk into it, but it is gorgeous! It looks like you are in tropics somewhere... except for the rainbow trout lounging at the bottom of the lake... I wanted to take a dip SO bad!
Jamie and I hike down under the falls at Hanging Lake... little did we know there were much larger falls in store two minutes up the trail...


This is called spouting rock because the water has bored its way through the rock in some places rather than over it... I kept asking Jamie, "Now what is keeping that large slab from breaking off and falling down on us?" She didn't like it... This was awesome in person!


We had to get a little wet... we were able to hike all the way down under these falls... it was freezing... if you can imagine standing under a mountain run-off waterfall... definitely not the tropics!


This was our hotel in the background good old Hotel Colorado... very rustic and nostalgic, but one of my favorite places to stay.. Mom and Jamie on the bridge over looking the Colorado River and the old train station... good times in Glenwood! There were more pics of some caves and whatnot but I can't seem to find them.... there may be a part II of our adventures in Caves and in the Springs..
The trip was a ton of fun though and definitely much needed!!