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An Affordable Date Night in Loveland, Colorado
An Affordable Date Night in Loveland, Colorado

December 2, 2024

My Favorite Hotel in Colorado is at Denver Union Station
My Favorite Hotel in Colorado is at Denver Union Station

November 26, 2024

Denver’s Air & Space Musem & A HeidiTown Helicopter
Denver’s Air & Space Musem & A HeidiTown Helicopter

November 18, 2024

My Daily Walk at High Plains Environmental Center (HPEC)
My Daily Walk at High Plains Environmental Center (HPEC)

November 6, 2024

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An Affordable Date Night in Loveland, Colorado. HeidiTown (1)
Colorado

An Affordable Date Night in Loveland, Colorado

Let’s face it, it’s expensive out there. I used to love going to the grocery store, but not anymore. For one thing, it’s always busy now, no matter when I go because apparently, everyone now works from home, and it’s ... [ Read More ]
My Favorite Hotel in Colorado is at Denver Union Station. HeidiTown ( (13)
Colorado, Travel

My Favorite Hotel in Colorado is at Denver Union Station

In my years as the Mayor of HeidiTown and as a professional freelance writer, I have stayed at some truly outstanding hotels around Colorado. However, there is just something about The Crawford Hotel in Denver that speaks to my soul, ... [ Read More ]
F-14 Tom Cruise Maverick plane. HeidiTown air & space museum
Colorado, Museums

Denver’s Air & Space Musem & A HeidiTown Helicopter

I’ve always said that HeidiTown needs a helicopter. I found one at Wings Over the Rockies, Denver’s Air and Space Museum. This museum has been on our radar since we went to a food and beer festival there many years ... [ Read More ]
Daily Walk at the High Plains Environmental Center HeidiTown (5)
Colorado

My Daily Walk at High Plains Environmental Center (HPEC)

As usual, I went to some incredible places this summer. However, not quite as many as normal. And the standout memory of this summer will be walking at the lakes with Fritzi, my German Shepherd. She turned 5 years old ... [ Read More ]
The Magic of Old Colorado Hotels. HeidiTown (1)
Colorado, dog, Travel

The Magic of Old Colorado Hotels

New and shiny is popular right now, especially in Colorado—new neighborhoods, new bars, restaurants, new cars, new hotels. However, I think Colorado’s old hotels have a sort of magic about them that simply doesn’t exist in new builds. Hotel Colorado, ... [ Read More ]
Mines, Trolls, & a Dog-Friendly Airbnb in Victor, Colorado. HeidiTown (12)
Colorado, dog, Travel

Mines, Trolls, & a Dog-Friendly Airbnb in Victor, Colorado

For longtime followers of HeidiTown, this isn’t new information: Ryan and I like history. A lot. He tends to like the nuts and bolts while I like the overall story. That makes us a good team. Our love of history ... [ Read More ]
Call Me Old-Fashioned, but Travel & Hospitality Should be Human (14) HeidiTown
Travel

Call Me Old-Fashioned, but Travel & Hospitality Should be Human

In an increasingly robot-run world, travel and tourism have not been immune. The self-check-in hotel is one example. I haven’t encountered this much in Colorado, or nearby states. I am not, after all, living or visiting the cutting-edge parts of ... [ Read More ]
Live in a Painting in Telluride Madeline & Ah Haa School for the Arts. HeidiTown (28)
Colorado, dog

Live in a Painting in Telluride: Madeline & Ah Haa School for the Arts

Last month, we visited Telluride for the first time in eight years. We’d been invited to an Ah Haa School for the Arts Artist Retreat Dinner Series at the Madeline Hotel & Residences at Mountain Village (the ski resort part ... [ Read More ]
Peace in the San Luis Valley, Colorado Birding, Breweries & Hiking. HeidiTown (3)
Colorado, dog, Travel

Peace in the San Luis Valley, Colorado: Birding, Breweries & Hiking

Our recent trip to the San Luis Valley was far from our first and won’t be our last. As I have written many times on HeidiTown.com, this is one of our favorite places on earth, not just in Colorado. Monte ... [ Read More ]
Peace in the San Luis Valley, Colorado Frontier Drive-Inn, HeidiTown (14)
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Peace in the San Luis Valley, Colorado: Frontier Drive-Inn

Sitting at Sunflour Café in Monte Vista, listening to a table full of men talk about their crops, it is obvious that the San Luis Valley is farm country. In fact, the San Luis Valley is the second largest producer ... [ Read More ]