Getting to the Great Sand Dunes National Park was a lot more fun in theory. It’s about a 30-minute drive from Alamosa, Colorado, with a scenic road...
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Into the Storm: Our Rainy Adventure at Colorado National Monument
A Terrifying Drive Through the Flash Flood We were driving from Colorado Springs to Grand Junction, excited about...
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Casa Bonita: Where Dinner Becomes an Adventure
If you ever find yourself in Denver and someone tells you, “Let’s go to a Mexican restaurant,” you might imagine tacos...
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Exploring the Enigmatic Charm of the Stanley Hotel in Colorado
Nestled amid the rugged, breathtaking landscapes of Estes Park, the Stanley Hotel rises like a grand apparition—beautiful...
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Wet Sandals & Frozen Feet: The Zapata Falls You Won’t Forget
Zapata Falls hike was supposed to be a fun little detour, ending with some pretty views and maybe a splash or two. What we...
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So, there we were, on our way to see the Royal Gorge Bridge in Canon City, Colorado, when my wife’s talent for spotting the strangest roadside...
Once we completed the Mesa Verde drive to the top towards the museum and finished the creek hike, we knew we had to tackle the loop drives to see the...
The museum at Mesa Verde National Park offered us two hikes to choose from, each about 2.3 miles: one down to the bottom of the canyon and back up...
We set out to fulfill our late father’s wish to visit Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, the place where he had his first heart...
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...
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...
April 2016 marked the opening of the A line of the Denver light rail, connecting downtown Denver’s Union Station and Denver International...
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...
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...
The Denver Mint, one of four mints in the United States, has been producing pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters as well as commemorative sets since...
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...
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...
or one particular vacation, I decided to spend some quality time with my two young sons on a trip to the backcountry of Colorado—two weeks of rest...
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...
Within three miles of downtown Denver lies a large city park of over 100, tree-lined square blocks called Washington Park. This wonderful area, which...