I-70 heading west. It is exactly 100 miles from Denver to Vail Photo: Stevie Crecelius Every month, almost a million vehicles travel the 100 miles on Interstate 70 between Denver and Vail, Colorado. They zoom past gorgeous Rocky Mountain scenery at speeds up to 75 mph, burrow through the highest auto tunnel in North America, […]
Old Quebec from the walls of the Citadel It took just 15 minutes in a battle in 1759 to end the empire of New France, but it’s taken the 257 ensuing years to create the marvelous concoction that replaced it – the wonderful walled, multi-cultural city of Vieux Quebec. Old Quebec is the most European-looking […]
The port of Hydra at twilight From a cruise ship, it’s easy to get a taste of Greece and its 6,000 islands. Thousands do each year, sailing from Athens to Mykonos to Santorini. But they are missing the best part. It’s almost as simple, and quite often considerably cheaper, to island hop on public ferries […]
“I don’t know if I did right or wrong but I always did my best.” Quote by Kit Carson on a placard in his home in Taos, New Mexico Teepees near Taos Few people in history have received as many mixed reviews as Kit Carson. The larger-than-life mountain man, trapper, scout, soldier, and Indian fighter […]
The Rail Runner Express leaving Santa Fe’s Railyard, near the Plaza There are few sounds more romantic than a train whistle as it pulls out of the station starting off on a journey. Unless, of course, you’re riding the Rail Runner Express. This unusual 96-mile- long railroad runs between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM. The […]
The San Luis Valley of southern Colorado is the largest alpine valley in the world. Covering an area the size of Massachusetts, this flat, sandy valley floor receives less rainfall than the Sahara. There are only 40,000 humans living here, making it one of the most isolated, quietest and darkest places on the planet. And […]
There are no hard and fast rules about boudin. People don’t even agree on how to pronounce it. Some people say this tasty, sausage-like, south Louisiana finger food should be called “boo-dan.” Others add a little French flourish on the end and say “boo-dehh.” Boudin on a plate. Lake Charles CVB Either way, it’s usually […]
Castillo de San Marcos — oldest fortress in the U.S. In 2015, St. Augustine, Florida, did something that no other town in North America has ever done. They celebrated their 450th birthday. But surviving as America’s oldest city hasn’t been easy. St. Augustine has been sacked and burned to the ground. Three times! It has […]
Sprague Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park The Rocky Mountains of North America are the second longest mountain range in the world, running in a ragged line for 3,000 miles from British Columbia in Canada all the way southeast to the north of Mexico. So if you’re going to have the nerve to give just a […]
Frontier Days (the center window is where Tom Horn confessed to murder) Now that Cheyenne Frontier Days 2015 is over, it’s a wonderful time to spend a weekend in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Not that there’s anything wrong with Frontier Days, of course. This 119-year-old rodeo, the “Daddy of ‘em All,” as they like to say, is […]
