One night after dinner, we decided that we wanted to explore Aspen at night, and started to walk down the street when up ahead of me was a taxi parked with neon lights flashing inside. As soon as I got close I realized that this wasn’t just a regular old Taxi… this was a mini nightclub on wheels, this was a little taste of Burning Man-style weirdness in the normal world…this was the ULTIMATE TAXI
How could we say no? We decided to hop in the car and go for a ride around town. The taxi has LED lights on the inside of the car as well as the outside.
Jon Barnes, the driver, handed us some 3D glasses and started driving while he bumped up the music!
During the ride Jon dazzled us by playing the electric drums and keyboard. There is a laser show and smog machines and he gave us giant foam glow sticks. He even whipped out the electric clarinet and played some classic tunes so we could really get our groove on.
Typically, the taxi ride costs $200 for 40 minutes but Jon said if we sang and looked like wild animals (while he filmed us) then we would ride for free.. and that is just what we did.
I sang my heart out and I am surprised the glass windows of the taxi didn’t break. After all, “Lifes not about the destination…. it’s about the journey.”
This was definitely the Ultimate Taxi ride to say the least. So much fun and I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Aspen!
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