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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sojourner: [QB] I'm just back on line and will jump in here: I stayed 2 nights in Glenwood Springs a few years ago without a car, and it was fine. The only thing is, I didn't get to take the public bus to Aspen, as I'd planned. I stayed at the Hotel Denver. It is right upstairs from the train station (if you go way down the platform there is also ramp access without stairs) and the staff will even help you up and down with your luggage, should you so desire. I had BREAKFAST, however, at the Hotel Colorado across the river--it was delicious, with some really special options. Other meals probably fine too, though pricier. You could walk across the river but the Hotel Denver also has a shuttle bus that will take you over. The hot springs (also across the river) were very nice to visit, and if you don't have your own bathing suits you can rent one very cheap. I also took the local public bus around town (free) just out to see a mountain view. And I remember a nice inexpensive Mexican restaurant down the street from the Denver (along the rr track), name had the Spanish word for rooster or hen or checkn in it, but my memory is going a bit. The other place on the Zephyr route that I'd recommend for an interesting stopover would be Salt Lake City, though I've heard it can be brutally hot in August--I was there in early June and it was lovely weather then. As with Glenwood Springs, I think you'd only need to stay 2 nights, though arrival and departure times to SLC are nowhere near as convenient as Glenwood Springs. (If you go to both, you can go coach between them, sleepers not needed, just be sure to get into the observation car as soon as you board in Glenwood Springs--that goes for even if you do not stop in SLC.) SLC is a very interesting city, hotels not too expensive, and I found getting a taxi to one at night was no problem (though ALWAYS do have on hand phone numbers of taxi services in places to which you are arriving at odd hours, just in case). I stayed at a Hampton Inn that was a bit more of a walk to the tourist area than some other hotels, but still walkable. The streets are very very wide and have a bizarre numbering system, e.g., 100 Street is called 1st Street, and there is a N 100 Street and a S 100 Street, something like that, all centered around the Mormon HQ (similar to the way Washington DC has the street numbers in either direction centered around the Capitol.) The Mormon sites are interesting (though someone will try to convert you!); you won't be allowed in the temple but would visit the sort-of campus/minipark around it and, if possible, the Tabernacle and hear the famous choir rehearse there, I think it's Thursdays and early Sunday morning, before the show, but that could have expanded. You can also tour Brigham Young's Beehive House and walk along the wide street from there east--I think it's South St? passing all the mansions, non-Mormon churches etc (SLC is only about half Mormon, as opposed to the rest of the state). The state capitol building is well worth a visit and has a good tour; there is another park area just below it, and a few historical houses nearby. On the south (non-Mormon) side of town is a somewhat interesting modern library and a Nepali/Indian restaurant called Himalaya that I liked. Be sure to take a local bus tour out to see the Great Salt Lake, fascinating place; the tour will probably also include the copper mine. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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