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My parents came for a little visit over Labor Day to spend the weekend with Mike (the evil ex) and me.  We decided to head up to Vail on Saturday for the afternoon and dinner.  Normally, we wouldn't do too much except just sending time with each other, but we decided to be kind of active during the first boyfriend - parent meeting.  Well, first meeting since we were teenagers and they barely knew him.  Anyway, although Vail is beautiful, we were a little bit bore...

My mom and I hiked to Hanging Lake in August of 07 because I'd heard so many people talk about how beautiful it was, and they were right.  If you ever find yourself traveling along I-70 through Colorado and you have a couple hours to kill, definitely stop and do this hike.  It only takes about 2 hours round trip, going at an easy pace, and you may want to consider how much time you'll want to spend at the actual lake.  It is a climb the whole way up (but mostly shaded!), a...

Glenwood Springs is my hometown and I enjoy sharing it with visitors. Glenwood has world class fly-fishing on the Roaring Fork River and Colorado Springs River. Sunlight Mountain is our local ski area. There are a dozen nice hiking and biking trails and lots of nice restaurants, hotels and B&Bs

Me and the mountains!!!

We would end the night back home in Brighton tonight. It’s about 265 miles, roughly 4 ½ driving hours, to home. But there is a lot of beautiful country, 95% of it in the mountains, between Grand Junction and Brighton. So, while we were all looking forward to sleeping in our own beds tonight, we weren’t in a huge hurry. The plan for the day was breakfast and then an hour and a half drive to the very picturesque town of Glenwood Springs. We would spend the rest of the morning and a good pa...

A Limey from Liverpool, Drew will be travelling the U.S.A. in the pursuit of happiness, gigs and authentic American experiences. Feel free to comment - or invite him to play his tunes in a venue near you!

Today we get to drive through an area of Colorado where a special highway was constructed in a manner that would make it as friendly to the environment as possible.  The old two lane road needed to be made into a modern expressway, but the local government didn’t want to upset the beauty of the mountain or the canyon the road passed through.  They set up very strict rules, with heavy fines attached, regarding trees being cut or surfaces changed.  Today, the new highway travel...

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