Richard Fleck

Going Back Home to The Upper Colorado River Valley
We left Denver two days ago on my 83rd birthday to head for the western slope of Rocky Mountain National Park where 61 years ago, I...
Up to the Tundra
It was going to be a terribly hot mid-June day in Denver all the way up to 96 degrees. Thankfully we had applied for a visitor permit (required...
A Walk in the Wilds of Weeki-Wachee
“Wilderness is the swamp we drained to build a mall.” –Frank Clifford, environmental journalist. On a brisk January day with the...
Off to North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National...
Crossing the border in early June into my 50thvisited state, North Dakota, we were astounded by endless miles of space with lush green fields, and...
Our Return to Key West by Sea
Perhaps twenty years ago my wife Maura and I first visited Key West by driving way out over U.S. 1 from the mainland, stopping once at Key Largo to...
Quebec City Once Again!
There is no such thing as a “senior citizen” in Quebec City. Instead, there is the “third generation.” The first generation is from birth to...
A Day in the Ghost Town of St. Elmo, Colorado
Ever since I flew on one of my flights to Gillette, Wyoming when I witnessed the dancing, eerie green flames of Saint Elmo’s Fire covering the...
A Humorous Event While Camping in Utah
ot long ago, four of us (John, Dorian, Pete, and I) camped and hiked for a few days in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. We set up camp high above the...
Deep Into a Colorado Gold Mine
ith my daughter, Michelle, and grandson, Ross, I drove high up into the foothills of the Rockies to about 9,000 feet in elevation between the two old...
Reaching for the Sky: Visiting the Garden of the Gods
Think Colorado! Think Colorado Springs! Think Garden of the Gods! And there we stood at 6, 500 feet on a warm November day, staring at the Gateway...
Experience the Old West on the Cumbres & Toltec...
My wife, Maura, and I booked a passage aboard America’s longest and highest narrow-gauge railroad from Antonito, Colorado, to Chama, New...
Hiking Hahn’s Peak, Colorado
A few days before my 79th birthday, my wife and I and two friends decided to hike Hahn’s Peak north of Steamboat Springs, just eleven miles shy of...
Hiking Hagues Peak, Estes Park, CO
The steep and winding trail begins in the forests of Endo Valley and rises above tree line to the alpine heights of 13,530-foot Hagues Peak, the...
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
In mid-April, my wife and I and friends visited the fascinating Perot Museum of Nature and Science in downtown Dallas, Texas. After it opened for the...
A Tour of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
We visited the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) with friends from Texas, one of whom was a young high school boy who wishes to become...
An Incredible Few Hours in New York City
My wife, Maura, daughter Michelle and I took a quick dash from West Nyack into New York City for my daughter’s business meeting at Penn One Plaza...