Colorado

and so we left Minnesota just before the wintry storm hit and headed west to Glenwood Springs, Colorado .  

Glenwood Springs is a resort city in Colorado known for its hot springs.

It sits in the rugged Rocky Mountains, surrounded by the vast White River National Forest.

Glenwood Canyon is rich with wildlife and features Hanging Lake, with its striking turquoise waters. It's a very scenic drive from Denver passing by all the ski resorts.
It was here we met up with Bryan, one of Glenwood Springs newest residents.

He traded Hawaii for the rugged mountain views of Colorado if you are wondering.  

Two little known facts: Doc Holliday

Glenwood Springs, Colorado’s most famous resident, Doc Holliday left behind a legacy of history and a few mysteries.

John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday is a Western legend famous for his part in the gunfight at the OK Corral that left three members of the Cowboys cattle-rustling gang dead.

Because of his legal troubles in Arizona and an advanced case of tuberculosis, Doc knew he was a “dead man walking” with neither the time nor the inclination to stick around for a trial; instead he fled to Colorado.
With the clock ticking, Doc headed to Glenwood Springs, a place renowned for its healing hot springs. In 1887, he settled into a room at the Hotel Glenwood Springs at the corner of Grand Ave. and 8th St., where the new Doc Holliday Museum is now located.

With his health worsening, he was unable to earn a living. He died on Nov. 8, 1887, at the age of 36, destitute. As he lay dying he is reported to have asked for a shot of whiskey. Doc fully expected to die in a gunfight, but finding himself at death’s door in a bed instead, he appreciated the irony of his situation and uttered his last words: “This is funny.”

Teddy Roosevelt

In 1905, Hotel Colorado became the temporary home for the President of the United States and his assistants during a three-week bear hunting expedition. Already a fan of the state of Colorado, Roosevelt stayed at the Hotel Colorado on multiple occasions.

On a three-week trip in January 1901, the then-Vice-President hunted mountain lion on the Keystone Ranch near Meeker. It was reported by his guide that Colonel Roosevelt hung over a cliff to shoot a wounded lion between the eyes. Roosevelt’s first trip to Glenwood Springs delighted him so much that he returned year after year.

According to legend, the world’s most irresistible toy, the teddy bear, received its birth at Hotel Colorado. To cheer Theodore Roosevelt after an unsuccessful day of hunting, Hotel Colorado maids presented him with a stuffed bear pieced together with scraps of fine material. Later, when he did bag a bear, his daughter Alyce admired it saying, “I will call it Teddy."