Steamboat Springs

After 14 hours of driving on Thursday I finally arrived at Rob Shoaf’s house just in time to say goodbye to all of the guys leaving after watching the football game. I landed in Steamboat with perfect timing for viewing the turn of colors. On Friday after spending the morning in the local bookstore/coffee shop I met Rob at Smartwool and we ran the Mud Creek Trail and then he sent me off up towards Strawberry Park in search of the hot springs as he had to get back to work. I wound around the hills and beautiful fall colors, but ended up shy of the hot springs. Saturday morning we headed up for the Gillpin Lake loop with his buddy Pepper. We (slowly – altitude) climbed up to the lake and encountered crusty, shin scraping snow. A fun 12 mile loop. That afternoon before I headed south to Silverton we snuck in a trip to the Hot Springs for some hot/cold therapy. I really enjoyed my small taste of Steamboat, a cool little town. Best part being hanging out with a friend that truly loves living there.