We spent most of the day soaking, swimming, some yoga, around the pool. The morning cold (20 degrees) turns the water to steam...the vapors constantly shifting with the wind, now obscuring other bathers, the surrounding snow covered mountains, now revealing the clear water, the historic bathhouse, the Colorado Hotel on the hill. The hot springs form a perfect tonic for a day of skiing or hiking, but sometimes like today they are just an end in themselves...the warm waters slowing the pace of life to a lingering crawl.
But, then, again you're sharing the water with folks like current drummer for Hall and Oaks (getting ready for a tour of Japan in a week or so) and Claus Obermeyer (the 92 year old founder of the modern ski ware industry). These are, after all, the hot springs just down the valley from Aspen. Hot water, like wine, proves a lubricant for conversation.
