My pal Robert Nott describes the decor of the Fire Water Lodge as “Early Aldo Ray.” You don’t have to be a movie buff to visualize this place’s funkiness. Patio walls made of mortar and wine bottles. Lounge chairs from the 1970s. Turquoise walls, red screen doors and Christmas lights. A hippie watering the plants. No one is here to check us in; a note says to help ourselves. Well, this is Truth or Consequences, so what should I have expected? Denver’s Brown Palace? After all, this
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