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1. Hiking In Ouray, Colorado Spending our vacations with packs on our backs is not unusual for my husband, Steve, and me. In fact, that's how we spent our honeymoon, when we went for a five-day hike in the Grand Canyon, where we'd met a few years earlier. Several months...
2. Brighton Colorado Brighton is growing by leaps and bounds! Originally a very small farming community, the town evolved in to a major sugar beet growing and processing hub for the country. Today, the city is modern and vibrant but still in touch with its rural roots.
3. Travel Threads: American West When I wasn't paddling the rivers of eastern Canada, I was usually on the back of a horse out west. The big skies, looming mountains, dark forests and lonely plains of the American West were dramatic indeed for someone raised at the edge of Amish...
4. Castle Rock Colorado Housing Market Report Castle Rock Colorado is a suburb of Denver and in 2006 was voted one of the best suburbs to live in by Businessweek. Here is a report of the recent real estate market values as well as some housing and demographic statistics and information for Castl...
5. Grand Circle Road Trip The area of the United States that includes northern Arizona, northwest New Mexico, southern Utah, and southwest Colorado is often known as the "Grand Circle" of the southwest. The Four Corners region of these states provide a concentration of some o...
6. Mary Summer Rain There isn't much on the web about Mary Summer Rain. She apparently loves her privacy and doesn't maintain her own website. Therefore the best way to learn about her is through reading her books. This painting of Mary Summer Rain was done by Carole B...
7. Kara Goucher Kara Goucher is one of America's best distance runners competing today. She won the bronze medal at the World Championships in the 10k in 2007, ran the fastest half marathon by an American woman (1:06:57) and is on the all-time US top-10 list for 3k,...
8. Best Dance Clubs in Denver Looking to party in Denver?  Where are the best places to dance?  You'll find it here. Please rate my lens!  Please leave any feedback at the bottom of the lens  Thanks!  
9. All About Kachinas Traditional Kachina Dolls are hand made by carving them from cottonwood trees. Storytellers describe how the spirits found in the world around us act. The Kachina Dolls embody those spirits. In our travels throughout the Southwest, my wife and I sho...
10. St. Francis Xavier Cabrini St. Francis X. Cabrini, more popularly called Mother Cabrini, was the first citizen of the United States to be declared a Saint (canonized) by the Roman Catholic Church. She worked for a time in the mountains near Golden, Colorado where she founded a...
11. Longhopes Donkey Rescue Our mission is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find permanent homes for donkeys that would otherwise be destroyed for meat consumption overseas. These animals are often shipped in horrific conditions to processors outside of the US - many die fr...
12. The Wild Animal Sanctuary Saving One Animal May Not Change The World But Surely, For That One Animal... The World Will Change Forever! The Wild Animal Sanctuary provides a safe haven for wild animals rescued from private owners, abusive situations, and others who would other...
13. Mesa Verde National Park Nowhere else in America can there be found such an intricate and telling glimpse into the past of the Ancestral Puebloan people than at Mesa Verde National Park. With hundreds of ancient cliff dwellings, the Puebloans found an ideal mesa that had pro...
14. Planning A Colorado Trail Section Hike: Silverton To Durango And, boy, do we need one. It's been a long time since my husband and I have done a multi-day backpacking trip together, and we're really looking forward to our first section-hike on the Colorado Trail in June, 2009. I figured that, as I plan...
15. Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein is the best cross country runner in the US. He is a two-time high school XC champion (99-00), an NCAA XC champion (03), and a two-time USATF XC champion (05, 08). He is also a two-time Olympian and holder of various national track r...
16. The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, located approximately 45 minutes northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, is the largest stupa in North America. A beautiful piece of architecture built over the course of 17 years, it is an inspirational and peaceful setti...
17. Telluride, Colorado: A Valley Village Today Telluride, Colorado is well known for festivals and skiing. But this sleepy little mountain village (2,210 residents) Comes from much more humble beginnings. Carved into the mountains by glaciers, the San Miguel Park was first home to the Ute...
18. CYT Denver - Theater for Kids! Christian Youth Theater (CYT) is an after-school theater arts education program for children ages 6-18 in the Denver Metro Area (and around the nation!). CYT classes offer many benefits and opportunities to the young people of the community. Training...
19. Colorado's Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad On a recent trip to Colorado, Steve and I took a ride with the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, using the train as a fun means of shuttling from one end of our Colorado Trail section-hike to the other. We'd wanted to ride this historic,...
20. Denver - Mile High Adventure See Denver like a "native" tourist!  I lived in the Denver area for almost four and a half years, but have now moved on to the Northeast for a new job. The Denver area is great and we look forward to coming back on vacation sometime....