Tuesday Cruiseday Fun!

 Tomorrow is Tuesday...

 So...

Wanna go meet a million cool locals in one night in Aspen? Maybe you haven't had enough exercise hiking and biking or whatever you do and you just want to go on a sweet bike ride and discover some of Aspens cool public parks? Or maybe you just wanna get drunk, but you are sick of doing it in bars? Any of these are good reasons (not that you need one) to go check out Tuesday Cruiseday!

Tuesday Cruiseday is a magical day where about 200 people all get together to get drunk, make new friends and ride around to different Aspen Parks on bikes. Don't have a bike? Don't worry, there are bike racks on every other corner here in aspen where you can just swipe your credit card and rent a bike in no time!

The event starts at about 6-6:30 at the Aspen Brewing Company (its always good together there early and grab a beer from the brewery!) and hits up 3 or 4 different Aspen Parks. The event usually ends around 9 pm or whenever you are verging on too drunk to bike yourself home. Try it, its fun, cheap, counts as exercise, and you will meet some of aspens most fun locals!

Whats in My Backpack (and should be in yours too)

There are certain goods that just make life in the mountains better., every year I take out and add in what I think is the essential gear for everyday life here. Here's what I have on me at all times right now.

1. Cammalback: A. Its super easy to get dehydrated, especially if you aren't from around here. And even if you are from here, you probably don't drink enough water, so get a cammalback and drink more water, its healthy I promise. But honestly the reason I love my cammalback is not for the hydration factor but that it hols all my other important crap that I need near me at all times, like:

2. A headlamp: Cheap & lightweight a headlamp is essential for mountain livin'. You may need this while biking or walking home from the bar at night. Maybe you want to take a nightime hike. And everyoine knows you cant go camping without one.

3. A raincoat: Mine fits into a tiny little bag that i shove in the bottom of my backpack. You never know up here what the weater will do, and often it rains on me for a good 10 mins randomly in the middle of a hike. I love having this handy little thing that I got at REI for only $50

4.Sunscreen: I always keep Alba Botanica in my backpack, but any sunscreen will do. I know that they say the sunscreen is bad for you, and I get that, but in this altitude I think its necessary.

5. Kind Bar: This one might be personal, but i don't like to go anywhere without a snack, especially not long hikes. Kind bars are a great healthy snack that doesn't go bad if you leave it in your bag for long periods of time.


I also keep a small pocket knife, and some cash for beer after a hike... What do you keep in your pack?

Mondays...

Its hard to say where to start but as it is Monday I thought I would share my favorite Monday night activity: Open Mic Night at the Red Onion. The Red Onion is one of Aspens oldest bars, the atmosphere is very laid back and though it is a great tourist destination, on Monday nights it is full of locals (including many of the rarely seen Aspen natives). There is a lot of talent in Aspen and you can see it firsthand here, and honestly, just as entertaining are the slightly less talented...

Open Mic night is every Monday around 10pm, and it is always free!