I'm up for anything. I have a couple of dogs, so I need to know if the hotel (which ever one) takes dogs, or if I need to kennel them here. Other than that, Salida sounds great. It's a bit of a drive from Salida, but we could head in to the St. Elmo ghost town. I haven't been over it, but Tin Cup pass dumps out there.
Moncha, thanks for getting this together. Let me know if I can help out in any way.