Mesa Verde National Park is an experience you don’t want to miss. This park was on our way to Marble Canyon, our final destination this past Wednesday resulting in having very limited time to explore it. Make sure you don’t do what we did. We planned 3 hours at the park and spent 4 ½. […]
In planning our trip to the southwest we considered some safety tips but really did not know some of the more practical things until we arrived and got some safety training from locals. What we learned is crucial information about maintaining health and welfare in traveling to higher elevations like the mountains of Colorado and […]
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Thursday Sept 29th was the third day in our great trip west. In 2 1/2 days we made it from Florida to Mid Kansas. Hays, Kansas to be exact. All the reports received from friends traveling through Kansas were rather negative: get prepared, psych yourself up because it is a long trip and it’s boring. […]
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This post was written by Jean LeStourgeon The weekend of October 1-2, 2011 was peak time for viewing the Colorado aspens along US Highway 24 up towards Cripple Creek from Colorado Springs. Being from New England, I enjoy the Autumn foliage more than any other season and understand that catching the trees at their peak […]
I found out something new about Garden of The Gods in Colorado Springs, it is completely free for everyone, forever. After visiting 21 years ago, this new revelation (at least to my wife and I) makes it all the more enjoyable. Donated to the city of Colorado Springs in 1902 by the children of Charles […]