Rifle or Glenwood Springs
 

I want to stay at Rusty Cannon in Rifle or Cedar Lodge or Caravan Inn Glennwood Springs.

Which one ?

Is this for an overnight stop or a vacation? I'm not familiar with your hotel choices but I would pick Glenwood Springs over Rifle.

its for two days in gs or rifle. drivin from denver to moab (main goal) and then to bluff ut(other goal) and end in abq

i like mom ana pop motels w a rally deep pool :) 6 ft= ok 8 ft and deeper = great

really

Thanks for the additional info. I've made the drive from Denver to Moab several times and usually stop in Glenwood Springs to relax for a night. For two days I'd definitely pick Glenwood Springs. You can hike to Hanging Lake Rock, soak in the Hot Springs (nice during a road trip), bike or walk the Glenwood Canyon bike path along the Colorado River, take a daytrip to Aspen, Redstone or Marble plus much more. I wouldn't want to spend two days in Rifle while on vacation.

Hopefully someone else can help with a motel. I've never found a roadside hotel with a really deep pool. Good luck and enjoy your trip!

No contest- Glenwood Springs. Not familiar with motels there. Hot Springs pool is very popular, probably deep enough. You could call and ask about that.

If you can afford it: Big old hotel next to the biggest hot spring fed pool in the US. http://www.hotspringspool.com/
I love Glenwood Springs. If you can't afford it there is a hostel about 4 blocks south of the Interstate which has a huge collection of LP's and a record player that works.
For a good walk in GS hike up to the cemetery to see Doc Holliday's fenced stone.
From GS it is 42 miles south to Aspen.

Btw is Grand junction a nice or a shitty place?

Grand Junction has a really nice historic main street with good shops and cafes. They've clearly dumped a lot of money into it to make it a draw--there's street art, fountains, etc. That is surrounded by a whole lot of unpleasant, ugly sprawl. Downtown is a few miles off the interstate but it's a good lunch stop. I wouldn't spend more time than that, though.

Driving your own car or a rental? I got off the train briefly in Grand Junction to get an ice cream bar. It would be a good place to rent a car to drive to Moab or Mesa Verde.
As an Amtrak stop I choose Glenwood Springs between Chicago and Sacramento.

I agree with christy1 about Grand Junction. If you have time you may want to do Rim Rock Drive at Colorado National Monument.

http://www.nps.gov/colm/planyourvisi...rock-drive.htm