Rocky Mountains Travel Examiner

Whoops! Four Corners too Few

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:28:48 -0700

In the wrong place at the right time

I guess I haven't stood in any more than two states at once. The Four Corners marker is apparently 2.5 miles away from the true Four Corners.

For more info: link

Gennaro's Reopens

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:29:22 -0700

A South Broadway landmarkOpen since 1951, Gennaro's Lounge was shuttered since last fall after new owners took over. The stalwart South Denver Italian eatery and watering hole reopened last week. I'm happy to report the food is still good - pasta and...

St. Patrick's Day in Butte, Montana

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:16:14 -0700

The ageless M & MComing up soon: St. Patrick's Day in Butte, Montana. I went about 10 years ago. It is a big deal and there is a lot of booze. Here is a piece I wrote way back then:Barnes turned to me and asked if I was ready for another. &l...

Money can't buy happiness - unless you spend it traveling

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:45:26 -0700

A magical moment in Crested Butte, ColoradoRyan Howell, assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University, says research indicates that experiences make us happier than possessions, according to a story that aired recently on CNN.c...

The Last Frontier: Big Bend National Park

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:58:42 -0700

Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend NP, TexasThere are few places I've visited that have struck my soul with such resonance as Big Bend National Park on the north side of the Rio Grande in extreme West Texas.As remote and sparsely populated a region as...

World's largest beagle spotted in Idaho

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:13:44 -0700

The folks at Dog Bark Park rule.

For more info:
http://www.dogbarkparkinn.com/

Famous Dead People (and Animals)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:13:50 -0700

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CaliforniaOne of my favorite things to do on the road is find the graves of heroes, villains, and otherwise notable humans (and beasts). I've wandered graveyards from Lowell, Massachusetts (Jack Kerouac) to Rancho...

Utah's First Watering Hole

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:55:23 -0700

Buck everlastingThere he was, staring me right in the eye. His glassy eyes were lifeless; the smoke of countless cigarettes stained his fur coat. I smiled and craned my neck towards him. His name was Buck.Buck is a dog, a St. Bernard. A dead St. Bern...

For My Money, the Best Ski Deal in the Rockies

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:05:11 -0700

I judged the Ullr Fest parade in Breckenridge Thursday - the synchronized waxing team from the Blue Sage Spa took the cake - and got in some runs at Breck yesterday. But on the way, I picked up a season pass to Loveland for all of $249 - that's less ...

A Little Early for Ski Naked Day?

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:03:53 -0700

Always wear your long johns on the lifts. It's hard to not be simultaneously embarrased and entertained by the tale of the poor fella who boarded a chairlift at Vail on New Year's Day and soon tumbled head-first towards the ground...

Rocky Mountain Bizarro, vol. 1: Grandpa Jerry's Clown Museum

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:17:55 -0700

One of Jerry's 3,000 clowns. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Housing a collection of over 3,000 clown artifacts, this is most likely the preeminent museum ...

Yellowstone earthquake swarm loses steam

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:37:13 -0700

A quick update on Yellowstone's recent seismic activity:After a tumultuous start to the New Year and about 30 earthquakes last Friday alone, the swarm of hundreds of small earthquakes that have worried geologists has started to taper off. There have ...

What? Yellowstone Supervolcano? Me Worry?

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:26:36 -0700

Thermophiles enjoying a Yellowstone hot spring.At first, yes, the reports of hundreds of earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park had me worried. I know that every 600,000 or so years for the last couple million years running, this thing had blo...

Ullr Fest in Breckenridge

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:52:12 -0700

Skiing down Main Street during last year's Ullr Fest parade I'm judging the Ullr Fest parade next Thursday (February 8, 2009) for the second time. I judged it last year, too, and have nothing but fond memories. Okay, so there were a few mom...

Wintertime Zen in Yellowstone National Park

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:36:06 -0700

Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park Ten millennia ago, a slab of ice thousands of feet thick covered the supervolcano now known as Yellowstone National Park.Today there is no colossal glacier, just several feet of snow and the occasional ici...