So we arrived late at the park and setup Camp, weather was not too bad and we cooked salmon and veggies on the open fire. The next day we woke up, and I made pancakes! We then headed out for a series of hikes along the canyon rim. We were thinking of hiking the 2300ft down into the canyon that afternoon, but instead we were greeted with a huge snowfall! We decided that camping for 2nd night would not be much fun so we packed up and headed down. We made our way to the Orvis hot springs. We had heard the camping and the springs were pretty good, a bit more expensive than the National Parks, but we had a kitchen and full bathrooms to use, and of course the hot springs.
The Hot springs were warm, and instead of the usual sulphur smell, these were mostly lithium and so there was no smell. It was clothing optional, and it was surprisingly a good mix of young and older people, 90% were in the nude, so we joined them! It was nice chilling in the water at 105F while the snow is falling on your head. We camped that night and then got up and headed for Cortez, CO. On the way we stopped and Ouray, and Telluride, however both towns were pretty quiet since it’s in between winter ski season and the summer hiking and biking seasons.
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