Festivals • Travel • The West

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

November 6, 2024

The Magic of Old Colorado Hotels
The Magic of Old Colorado Hotels

October 31, 2024

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

October 16, 2024

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

October 2, 2024

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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 ]
Join OttsWorld Capitol to Capitol Bike Road Trip. Sherry Ott & Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer
Travel

Join OttsWorld Capitol to Capitol Bike Road Trip

This post is a little different, as I seldom highlight other bloggers. However, I feel OttsWorld not only deserves it, but I’ve gotten to know Sherry Ott personally, and I like her, so I know you will too. Here we ... [ Read More ]
Where are the World's Best Green Chiles Perhaps, Pueblo, Colo.
Colorado, Festivals

Where are the World’s Best Green Chiles? Perhaps, Pueblo, Colo.

It’s hard for me to pick a favorite time of year because there is something I love about all of them. At this time I start thinking about green chiles and football. Yes, football is a big deal around my ... [ Read More ]
the living farm, paonia, Colorado
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What Brings You Joy: The Travel Edition

What brings you joy? I’ve been considering this question for a few months, as it is in a section of my HeidiTown Consulting presentation in Johnstown, Colorado, later this week. My happy place. The Living Farm in Paonia, Colorado. Joy ... [ Read More ]