Tag: rocky mountain
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You Should Be Planning Your Bucket List
We have all had a year, give or take, of being at home and reflecting on our lives. For those of us with the travel bug, and in the industry, we are all itching to get out and play. The fact we can’t go everywhere we dream right now makes it much more acute. As […]
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Travel Planning in Covid-19 – Part 1
It’s easy to assume “everyone should just stay home right now”. But the truth is that many people have to travel due to family needs, emergencies, job requirements, and just a desire to get out. While staying home is the safest place for you to be right now, the fact is that we have to […]
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Aspen – A Colorado Legend
Colorado sometimes feels like two different states. There are the uber rich that have vacation homes, a time share or home in the mountains for skiing, a home in Cherry Creek or City Park. Then there is the rest of us. As a born and raised Colorado woman I have lived in the realms of […]
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Little Pinewood – Family Vacation Rental
I grew up in the mountains of Teller County, Colorado technically incorporated into Florissant, Colorado and right against the Florissant Fossil Beds, a National Monument. I spent my childhood running around the woods, massive boulders, playing in the dirt, burying treasure, riding horses, and hiking with our dogs. Money was tight, but we always had […]
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Climb Mountains – Even Small Ones
I went hiking yesterday. It did not go well. My water bladder didn’t seal right (my fault) so I lost half my water, which was comfortably all over my backside leaking from my backpack. It was really sunny and hot, even at 8,600 ft. above sea level. I got altitude sickness. I took a wrong […]
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Over Tourism in Wild Places
While we had started the day as one of maybe three or four boats in the canal system doing tours, numbers quickly increased about an hour and a half into the tour. Not only did the additional boats make the canal more crowded, but larger groups of snorkelers, with what seemed like less instruction, swarmed […]
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Clothing Kerfuffle
It’s next to impossible to always know what to pack on a trip. There is so much to consider such as temperatures, time traveling, wrinkles, weight, coordination, and sturdiness. Practicality is great, but one also doesn’t want to look like the sad American tourist stereotype that all the Italians gawk at. The best part of […]
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A Decade of Travel
It has been ten and a half years since I took my first trip without my parents. In that decade I have learned a lot about the world, people, cultures, identities, food, wine, and maybe most importantly, myself. Perhaps the most powerful thing about being on the road, about depending on only myself, about sleeping […]
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Winter Fun – Colorado Style
Colorado is shockingly mild in the winter months. Sure we have days or weeks of bitter cold or 6 feet of snow every year or two, but for the most of the winter, it’s not bad. This means that we get spoiled with having great days to play outside in the winter. While we can’t […]
