The first full day we were here in Aspen, Chase and I did a hike with our Miami friends. I thought it’d be no big deal! We are both super active at home and work out. Let me tell you: we were dying! I always thought of myself in pretty good shape because I work out a lot! Our Miami friends were killing it {they had already been there 1 week}!
By the second week we were killing it. We took the kids to the Maroon Bells and I was able to carry Chloe through Maroon Bells (while we didn’t do a “real hike” I carried her for a while – and I was totally fine).
I don’t ski so going to Aspen in the summer is great because we can hike and just be outdoors! If you actually talk to people who live there year round they will say summer is very special.
Aspen is the type of town where you can be sitting at a coffee shop with your kids and a stranger leaves their child with you while they run inside to order!
Or where most dogs walk through the town without leashes and are totally well-behaved.
or where the ice cream/ coffee/ pastry line is 15 people deep 24/7!
One of my favorite activities was renting bikes and a buggy. We used the buggy to put Chloe and her friend in and we went down the Rio Grand trail to have lunch at Woody Creek Tavern. It’s a definite must-do, the trail is so beautiful! We rented the e-bikes which means it gives you speed when you need it. It totally helped on the way up!
As for hikes, we did the Cathedral Lake Trail which was really hard but a must-do if you are feeling like you want a good work out. I would for sure make sure you get hiking boots for this hike. We also did Smugglers and Hunters and of course Maroon Bells. If you want to take your own car to Maroon Bells you must get there before 8 am or after 5 pm.
After you work out you have to try A-1 Oriental Massage – must do!
Food! Breakfast Spots: Victoria’s, Paradise Bakery (went every day for at least one muffin, iced coffee and ice cream), Local Coffee Shop (I went every single day) and, for the BEST “oatmeal macadamia nut pancakes”, Poppycock’s.
Lunch Spots: Meat & Cheese, White House Tavern, Victoria’s, Local Coffee Shop, Poppycock’s, The Red Onion (great option for takeout for kids), Ajax Tavern (OMG their truffle fries), Spring Cafe for healthy options, Woody Creek Tavern, Brunelleshi’s Pizza (kids can make own pizzas), and The Butcher’s Block for sandwiches (and they make their own strawberry jam!).
Dinner Spots: Kenichi (good every day sushi), Matsuhisa (upscale sushi – this is where we ran into Kyle and Mauricio Richards- the food is one of the best sushi places I have been to), Campo di Fiori, Meat and Cheese & Ajax Tavern.
Drinks: Jerome Hotel, St. Regis Hotel & Casa Tua for an Aspen scene!
Concert Hall: Belly Up!
All in all I couldn’t have asked for a better time – the weather is always perfect and you can walk everywhere. There is an area with a rock park and huge lawn that dogs run around without leashes and kids run around and burn energy!
Hopefully see you next year Aspen!
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xo
Jenny
