Savoring the slopes (and skies above) in the summer at Vail’s Epic Discovery
After an adrenaline-laced day at Epic Discovery, I returned to Vail Village and discovered a third reason to visit in the summertime.
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Bands, brews and a buckwheat burrito? It’s a weekend in Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS āĀ Over the years, Fort Collins has been little more than an I-25 potty stop for us. Beyond the rest area at exit 268, Coloradoās fourth largest city...
The X-Wing is the real star on May the Fourth at Wings Over the Rockies
An X-Wing fighter from the movie 'Star Wars' is one of more than 50 aircraft and space vehicles at the Wings over the Rockies Air and Space Museum.
A late-winter train ride up Pikes Peak for fresh doughnuts at 14,000 feet
During January and February, the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway trains only go two-thirds of the way up the mountain.
A winter walk in Vail reveals that skiing isn’t always required
Iām banned from slopes due to injury, but I decided I can still enjoy the ambiance of a fine winter resort.
Ski school for adults? Give it three days.
It wasnāt my fault. I grew up in the Arizona desert where skiing was something one did behind a boat. Sliding down a slope on a pair of planks was...
Shedding non-epicurean ways at Beaver Creek’s Winter Culinary Weekend
Can fancy tacos save the day? Of course they can.
Hiking the Seussian geologic wonders of New Mexico’s Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area is a fantasy land of strange hoodoos and petrified wood that Iād longed to explore.
Hiking the right trails this time in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
After a long bushwhack during our first visit to Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, I went back to hike the Sand Canyon Trail from the opposite side -- with...
Appreciating Rangely’s rock art, even between the bullet holes
The ancestral artwork left by members of the Ute and Fremont cultures are still impressive, despite vandalism and bullet holes.