ʻO kēia mauʻaʻahu kālepa-i kohoʻia he mea hauʻoli i kāu lā hānau
He mea maʻalahi ke hele kapaʻole i Colorado.
ʻO ia, me nā oodles o ka ākea āpau a me nā'āina ulu lāʻau no nā loina hope,ʻaʻohe paʻakikī loa e loaʻa kahi wahi huna kahi eʻikeʻoleʻia ai (inā mālama pahaʻoe) inā e waihoʻoe ma luna o ka pōhaku a mālie paha i loko o ka wai hoʻomaha i ka pahu .
Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau kiko ma ka moku'āina kahi iʻaeʻia ai keʻaʻahuʻana i kou kapa (aiʻole ia e manaʻoʻia), e like me nā pūnaewele wela i kapaʻia he lole.
Eia kahi peek o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o Colorado e loaʻa ai ka pilikia.
ʻO Kohana Hot Springs
He makahiki puniʻo Orvis Hot Springs, nā mea lawaiʻa, nā punawai wela maoli ma Ridgway, Colorado. Aia ia i kahi kokoke iā Ouray, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kūkaʻikaʻi loa ma ka moku'āina. (Pono, heʻano like ia me ka Switzerland liʻiliʻi.) He ahaʻoluʻolu e pili ana iā Orvisʻaʻoleʻo ia e wela aiʻole mālama i kona wai i kekahi ala; ʻo nā'āmoʻeneʻa a pau e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kouʻili a me nāʻiʻoʻeha maoli. Hoʻopihaʻia hoʻi kona wai me ka lithium ma mua o ka sulfur, iʻole ai e pilau e like me ka hua manu palaha.
ʻO ka waiwai he mau wahiʻokoʻa likeʻole aʻehā ma waho, i hoʻopuniʻia e nā pāwehi lush a me nā māla nani e hoʻohālike iā ia me ka mahinaʻaiʻoʻEdena. ʻO kēia mau loko o nā mea e pili ana i kēia manawa he mea hoʻohauʻoli loa i ke ahiahi ma lalo o nā kapuaʻi piha i piha i ka hōkū o Colorado. ʻO kahi loko o loko e pono ai ka holoi holoi,ʻo ia ka punawai maikaʻi loa no kaʻahaʻaina hoaalohaʻohana. Aia kekahi mau keʻena i loko o nā keʻena i pani a laka.
ʻO ka nohoʻana maʻaneʻi, he mau keʻena kūikawā (ʻole he televisions) e hele mai me nāʻaʻahuʻaʻahu no ka paleʻana i kāu huakaʻi hele a hoʻi i nā pū wela. Hiki iāʻoe ke kūkulu i hale lole aiʻole e pākaho i kāu RV (ʻaʻoleʻoi aku ma mua o 30 kapuaʻi) ma kahi'āpana papa liʻiliʻi i hiki i ka 24 mau kānaka.
ʻO Mountain Air Ranch
Aia kēia wahi o kaʻohana ma 150 mau wahi ma ke komohana o Denver i ka makahiki a puni,ʻoiai paha he meaʻoluʻolu loa ka weheʻana i nā mahina kau wela.
ʻO ka hauʻoliʻana i waho -ʻo ka tennis o ka hānai, ka volleyball a me ka hoʻouluʻana o ka holoʻana - hiki ke hoʻonui i ka mahana.
ʻO ka nohoʻana he wahi liʻiliʻi maʻaneʻi: hoʻokahi hale, a meʻehā lumi hoʻokipa,ʻekolu o lākou he hale kaʻa likeʻole.
Loaʻa iā Mountain Air Ranch nā pae'anuhi a me nā kūkiki RV. Hiki i nā hōʻoluʻolu ke hoʻohana i kahi hale kaiāulu (oh yes, i loko o keʻohe), a weheʻia ka Loikini Bikini Grill i ke kauwela. Hoʻokomoʻia nāʻohana i nā pāʻani a me nā lumi pāʻani a me nā lumi pāʻani, kahi pāʻani waho a me ka wai puna piha. ʻO nā hana i hoʻonohonohoʻia me nā pō pule bingo, karaoke, nā hōʻike hāmeʻa a me nā hoʻokūkū bocce.
Hoʻopiʻiʻo Park Strawberry
ʻO kēia mau kumuhana wela e hiki ai i 104 mau haʻawina Fahrenheit ka mea iʻikeʻia no ko lākou papaʻaina ma Steamboat Springs. (Mai manaʻo e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopili i kahi lauoho ma ka lumi loli ma hope o kāu piko.)
I ka lā, e makemake ana nāʻauʻauʻauʻau, akā, ma hope o ka pōʻeleʻele i ka emiʻole o ka kukui i loko o ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe e hoʻokipaʻia aiʻoe. ʻAʻole eʻaeʻia nā keiki ma hope o ka pōʻeleʻele.
ʻO nā loiloi piha me nā kaʻa, kahi kaʻa i uhiʻia a me kahi kāpena kaʻaahi kahiko. Aia kekahi mau kauhale i nā mahina kau wela.
He mea nui e kākau: E pono ana ka kaʻa kaʻaʻehā e hiki i Strawberry Hot Springs i nā malama hoʻoilo, me ka hau a me ka hau iʻike mauʻia ma nā alanui māmā.
Ināʻaʻohe āu kaʻa i ka hoʻomahaʻana ma Steamboat Springs, hiki i nā hui kūkā ke lawe iāʻoe. He nani nā kumuhana wela i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā, ua manaʻo nui loa lākou ma hope o ka lā ma kahi o Steamboat.
Dakota Hot Springs
Ma kēlā lā kēia lā aʻo ka lā Pōʻalua, e kohoʻia nā mea holoi ma Dakota Hot Springs, i kahi manawaʻoi aʻe ma mua oʻelua hola ma ka hema o Denver. ʻO ka likeʻole o kekahi o nā pūnāwai hoʻomehana kūlohelohe e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā wahi ma Colorado ('ōlelo, kahiʻano o nā pali kaha pōhaku a me nā papa lepo),ʻo Dakota Hot Springs hoʻokahi wale nō papa kūmole.
ʻO kahi bonus:ʻO ka waiʻauʻau, kahi e kau ai ma waena o 95 a 98 mau kiʻekiʻe, ke loli mauʻia e ka hana a artesian o ke kumu punaewele a loaʻa i loko o ka wai puna lapaʻau, ka waiuhu a me ka momona. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa,ʻaʻole i loko o ka wai nā sulfurula a me ka hao. ʻAʻohe stinky, sulfurous kakara i loaʻa i kekahi mau wela wela ma waena o ka moku'āina.
Paʻiʻo Conundrum
Hiki ke hiki ke hōʻiliʻiliʻo Conundrum Hot Springs wale nō ma kahi hika 8.5 mile mai kahi pilina kokoke kokoke i Aspen. ʻO ka helehelena he mea kūpono -ʻaʻole loa i kahi wāwae, akā,ʻaʻole ia he pōkole a māmā i ka ulu lāʻau. Aiaʻekolu mau 'āpanaʻokoʻa pololei e pono ai kāu e hana. Akā, he mea kupaianaha ka uku: nā kauhale mua i hele mai / kau mua i kūkuluʻia i nā luawai kūlohelohe i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma 11,200 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, e like me ka wai likeʻole.
ʻO kaʻike o nā kuahiwi māmā a me nā paila kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma ke awāwaʻo Conundrum Creek he mea kupaianaha. Makemakeʻoe eʻike i nā mea hoʻomoana'ē aʻe i hōʻaʻahuʻia i ka lā, me ka nui o nā poʻe e hele ana i lalo i lalo i lalo o ka hōkū lani-i ka wā e napoʻo ai ka lā.
ʻAʻole kēia he paheʻe no kaʻoihana a hiki paha i nāʻohana a puni (ʻoiai he nui loa ka helehelena no nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi), no laila e mahalo i ka poʻe e noho puni ana iāʻoe aeʻike pono i nā mea āpau a pau, iʻoleʻoe e hoʻopau i kahi kūponoʻole.
Hōʻike Kūlaʻeʻo Valley View
ʻO ke awāwaʻo Valley View he wahi kaʻawale a mamao aku i kahi 3.5-hola o ka hema mai Denver. ʻO ia kahi o ka nonprofit Orient Land Trust a hāʻawi mai i nā koho nui wale wale nō i nā loko iʻa maoli ma nā ala wao nahele, akā, he mauʻauwaiʻauʻau no hoʻi.
ʻO ka hale hoʻokipa heʻokoʻa ka hale lole a me ka RV pūnaewele, me nā keʻena kūikawā, nā lumi moe a me nā lumi hoʻomaha like me nā moena. He koho nā lole a puni ka waiwai. Kapaʻia e ia he "naturism 'ākea," e hōʻike ana "ʻaʻole kūpono ke kukuna,ʻaʻaʻole,ʻaʻole hōʻino." He kūlohelohe nā'ōnaehana, nā kuleana o ka pūnaewele Valley View. He hopena hoʻokipaʻohana kēia.
Desert Reef Hot Spring
ʻO ka lokoʻo Desert Reef Hot Spring ma Florence (e pili ana i 2.5 mau hola ma ka hema o Denver), heʻaʻahu-koho i kēlā me kēia lā o ka hebedoma koe wale ka Pōʻalima. Hōʻikeʻia ka laka nui a me ka wailele maoli. ʻO ka momona ka'enela nui loa, me kaʻalaʻole o ka sulfur.
Hoʻokipaʻia nā keiki i kēiaʻauwaiʻaʻahu-kō koho, a'ōleloʻia ka mea i kālaiʻia i nā hōʻike a pau o ke aloha a iʻole kekahi "kino pili kino" aʻo ka nude.