I don’t care how quickly you can get from one place to another, flying is no longer the a fun part of traveling. As a kid, it WAS fun. The flight was like riding the monorail in Walt Disney World…
The Black Hills region of South Dakota, known for its rich history of the gold rush and sacred Native American lands, has two National Parks, a state park, a national memorial, another memorial not yet completed, and some historical western…
June 30 is National Corvette Day, recognizing the day that the very first production Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan in 1953. From 1954 to 1980 it was produced in St. Louis, Missouri. Beginning in 1981, Corvettes…
Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is famous for being the “highest continuous paved road in the United States” that traverses 48 miles from Estes Park to Grand Lake. It reaches an altitude of 12,183 feet, although the…
When you are on a road trip the food options are sometimes somewhat difficult. And of course everyone has their opinions of where you MUST stop to eat along Historic Route 66. There are also places that nobody seems to…
Here it is: 2,448 miles; 8 states; 3 time zones; 9 days; 2 National Parks; 18 muffler men; dozens of abandoned gas stations; dozens of abandoned roadside motels; 1,628 pictures – 63 of them abandoned gas stations, 44 of them…
The Five Lakes Loop Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park is probably the most popular trail among visitors to the Park. It begins in the area of Bear Lake and takes you on a trail that ventures to Nymph Lake,…
When having a conversation about things we miss from the New York City area, someone who claimed they too originated from NYC, overheard our conversation and said that a place in Fort Collins had “the best egg cream sodas in…
Okay…we admit it…we have been complaining about the food and, specifically, the lack of New Jersey style pizza, since making our move from New Jersey to Colorado. But I will say this…EUREKA…we found it! The first time we were here…
We have done our share of beer tasting around the country, and Colorado has some great establishments for doing just that. But there are also a lot of places for root beer tasting as well. Melissa is not so much…