San Juan stays and eats

[LSJKU]

To clarify a few things.
We are not camping.
The wife and I are not big fans of Telluride as it was very touristy and reminded me of Gatlinburg, but we are with people who have never been in the area. I know the gondola lift is free but crap up top is pricey. I thought they had zip lines around there but they don't answer phones or email, so...
When it comes to over night stays we are not afraid to spend money. When I start looking at hotels my head starts spinning. I try not to focus on all the negative reviews because some people you'll never make happy, but not knowing anything about any of them I am looking for what yall enjoyed or thought was worth the money. The last trip we stayed in Silverton at the Historic Alma House.

My friends enjoy lively bars. The wife and I both prefer a more quiet setting with a good bourbon.

We are no strangers to the elevations, water, oxygen cans, etc but keep the advice coming please.

There is a cool-looking bar in Ouray. It's on the top of a building in the middle of town. I've never been inside, but it looks to be "lively" and "laid-back" at the same time. And i never knew the name of it. Sorry, but you will not miss it.

About the only "fast food" in Ouray is the Subway. I don't recall there being much more than that. My memory tells me it's mostly touristy "restaurant" type stuff.

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[Zandcwhite]

I might be different, but if I'm not wore out after a week long adventure trip I feel like I wasted too much of it. I want to go hard sun up to sun down, drink around the camp fire, and repeat at 1st light. Sure I'll be dragging ass at work the following week, but it's well worth it. I know people who wasn't to sleep in, short around all morning, get one 2-4 hour trail in, and call it a day. Ib won't wheel with those people. That's fine if it's a local day trip. If I'm driving 1,000+ miles to get to an area I want to explore as much as possible. Run as many trails as I can. I can sit in a camp chair and chill at home, on our desert property, or anywhere else.

 

[LSJKU]

I might be different, but if I'm not wore out after a week long adventure trip I feel like I wasted too much of it. I want to go hard sun up to sun down, drink around the camp fire, and repeat at 1st light. Sure I'll be dragging ass at work the following week, but it's well worth it. I know people who wasn't to sleep in, short around all morning, get one 2-4 hour trail in, and call it a day. Ib won't wheel with those people. That's fine if it's a local day trip. If I'm driving 1,000+ miles to get to an area I want to explore as much as possible. Run as many trails as I can. I can sit in a camp chair and chill at home, on our desert property, or anywhere else.

Well, I do agree with you. I am an early riser and like to get after it. I'm not good at lazing around camp.

That said, I acknowledge there is quite a bit of difference in "visiting" an area and "living nearby." Most the time things don't go as planned on trips, and that can lead to undue stress for some. While living in the area, if something went amiss on an adventure, I always had "next weekend" to make a course correction and do it again, if I chose to.

just sayin'.

 

[73TAWM]

I've already told them that we get up, pack the cooler with drinks and lunch, hit the trails and pull in at night for dinner. It's how we do it because we want to adventure and take as much in as we can. Only get out there every few years since it's such a long haul.

Not really interested in fast food either.

 

[Zandcwhite]

Well, I do agree with you. I am an early riser and like to get after it. I'm not good at lazing around camp.

That said, I acknowledge there is quite a bit of difference in "visiting" an area and "living nearby." Most the time things don't go as planned on trips, and that can lead to undue stress for some. While living in the area, if something went amiss on an adventure, I always had "next weekend" to make a course correction and do it again, if I chose to.

just sayin'.

That's all the more reason to push the pace a bit when visiting an area. If something major goes sideways on the 4th day of a moab trip, we've probably already got 6+ trails in. If we spent those days lazing around we'd have half of that? I had a buddies wife tell me she spends the last day of every vacation (resort people not off roaders) doing laundry so she doesn't come home with a pile of dirty clothes. I'll burn my suitcase before I waste the last day of vacation doing laundry. Might as well come home a day early and do your laundry at that point.

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