If you live in the Mile High City, you don’t have to go far to experience the mountain’s colorful hues this fall. Hop in your car and discover these day trips from Denver for fall foliage. We are fast approaching my favorite time in Colorado, fall. As soon as the calendar strikes September 1, my […]
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One of my favorite Colorado hikes is the Ice Lakes Trail near Silverton. I was visiting the area last September and happened to be there just a few days after the trail had just reopened. The trail was closed for nearly a year due to the Ice Fire that burned for about a week in
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Many people always ask me, where exactly is Westcliffe, CO? Or, what is there to do in Westcliffe, CO? Hopefully my guide below on what to do in Westcliffe, CO will help answer some of those questions. Westcliffe, CO Nestled within the verdant Wet Mountain Valley between the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains, the
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Hiking the Perimeter Trail in Ouray, CO.
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A story about revitalizing rural Colorado at CampV. The other day I saw an ad somewhere for an AI writing tool that wrote your blogs and other content for websites. While I recognize this is nothing new, it caught my attention as I sat down to write my travel story about stargazing in southwest Colorado.
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Backpacking in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison all started with an innocent bucket list item of mine, to visit every one of the U.S. National Parks. Having already explored the other three parks in Colorado, the Black Canyon was last on the Colorado list. But I didn’t just want to peer out from the
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A few years back I stumbled upon the Paint Mines Interpretive Park in eastern Colorado. Sitting 38 miles east of Colorado Springs in the small town of Calhan, this park isn’t one of Colorado’s more obvious tourist destinations. Not nestled in the scenic mountain landscape the state is known for, it’s located amongst the eastern
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Believe it or not, Colorado is home to 14 castles but not like the ones you will find in France or England. Some of the castles in Colorado are actually made out of recycled materials such as beer cans. One such place is Cano’s Castle in Antonito, known as Colorado’s Beer Can Castle. I visited
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As one of the largest high desert valleys in the world, the San Luis Valley, with its soaring jagged peaks of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, rolling sand dunes, and eclectic personality, really comes to life with the Monte Vista Crane Festival. Every year, over 20,000 Sandhill Cranes migrate in early spring to the San
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