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Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about taking a vacation in the American state of Colorado. Get more ideas for planning your next Colorado trip at https://explorationvacation.net/usa/colorado/

Maybe I Needed to Bead the Bug

Posted onJuly 19, 2012March 19, 20209 Comments

When I was a junior in college I came home for Easter break to find that my dad had heard my pleas for a car. There was an orange 1974 VW Super Beetle waiting for Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

Blogging Colorado (Denver and Keystone)

Posted onJune 28, 2012December 16, 2020Leave a comment

I made a quick trip to Colorado earlier this month to participate in the Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX)  conference. (Yes, an entire fabulous conference just for travel bloggers or, as they so eloquently put it, Read More …

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Ski Tip Lodge in Keystone, Colorado

Posted onJune 22, 2012April 6, 2020Leave a comment

I didn’t make my lodging reservation in Keystone for the TBEX conference in a timely fashion. While TBEX was advertising a discount on conference lodging, I couldn’t figure out how to get the discount when Read More …

CategoriesColorado, USA

Along the Road to DIA – A Colorado Mystery Solved

Posted onJune 21, 2012May 14, 2019Leave a comment

There are what appear to be weird shaped tanks along the highway near the Denver International Airport. I absolutely could not imagine what they might be for. They are art! A project by artist Christopher Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

The TBEX conference comes to Keystone, Colorado

Posted onJune 18, 2012December 15, 2020Leave a comment

I am in Colorado to attend the TBEX conference. I’ve been a (rather inactive) member of the Travel Blogger’s Exchange for a while now and watched as last year’s conference came and went. It seemed Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

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Ambling along the mountainside in Keystone, Colorado

Posted onJune 17, 2012November 27, 2019Leave a comment

It is a sunny and beautiful day in Keystone, so I take a long lunch to hike (slowly amble) along the mountainside above the conference center where are all the other TBEX attendees are networking. Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

A Lift to sunset at Keystone, Colorado

Posted onJune 16, 2012April 6, 2020Leave a comment

I’m in Keystone, Colorado, for TBEX‘s new media travel writers (bloggers) conference. The conference starts off with a fancy function on the mountaintop – a destination that can only be reached via not one, but Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

Kizuna and more at the Denver Botanic Gardens

Posted onJune 14, 2012February 23, 2023Leave a comment

The Denver Botanic Gardens was high on my “must see” list when I visited Denver for the first time. And that was before I knew that the temporary “kizuna” exhibit featured large bamboo sculptures by Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

Contrasting architectural eras in Denver

Posted onJune 14, 2012May 14, 2019Leave a comment

Denver is a real mix of the old and new west, something that clearly in the city’s architecture. Throughout downtown I’ve seen historic buildings nestled alongside sleek modern structures. This mixing of eras is evident Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USA

Yves Saint Laurent in Denver

Posted onJune 14, 2012May 14, 2019Leave a comment

The Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective is the featured attraction on our visit to the Denver Art Museum.  This show has also been exhibited in Paris and Madrid – Denver is its only US stop. Lucky Read More …

CategoriesColorado, Denver, USATagsmuseums

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