Aspen When It's Hot

August, 1988

Aspen When It's HotFor Some, the aim of a summer vacation in the great outdoors is the experience itself. If you go rock-climbing or river rafting, the price you're supposed to pay is beans on a tin plate or a hard night in a sleeping bag on the ground. But for others--count me among them--the destination is just as important as the journey. If I've been out wrestling mother nature all day, someone else can set up the bivouac; I'll take a couple of mesquite-grilled lamb chops, a bottle of Califo...