Festivals • Travel • The West

Grass below, trees above, music floating on the breeze, and the air slightly tinted with the smell of hops. To me, that’s summertime. The Wellington Brewfest & Wine Tasting walks the line between old-fashioned beer fest and new-fangled fun. Let ... [ Read More ]

Perhaps you’ve driven by Frisco while on Interstate 70, or you’ve driven through to Breckenridge. While there are more famous towns in the Rocky Mountains, sometimes there’s more to a place than meets the eye. For instance, while there may ... [ Read More ]

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Case Study  HeidiTown Consulting, ... [ Read More ]

We were more than a little excited about attending Collaboration Fest this year. Shockingly, I had never been, and I knew it was popular with brewers (the Colorado Brewers Guild hosts it). In the past, we went to so many ... [ Read More ]

My consulting business, HeidiTown Consulting, takes me to various towns to speak on variations of my theme, Love Where You Live. If you remember, earlier this year I spoke in Gothenburg, Nebraska, and more recently at IN THE GAME in ... [ Read More ]

Years ago, as a freshman in college, I had a short-lived crush on a drummer in our school’s renowned jazz band. During that moment, I became a big fan of jazz bands and learned of the University of Northern Colorado ... [ Read More ]

I like history, but I don’t love all history. Dinosaurs are cool, but I enjoy human history, even the ancient stuff. Our travel, over the last five years, has been inspired by the books we’re reading. When I write “reading,” ... [ Read More ]

At the beginning of March, I heard on the news that this is one of the busiest months at Denver International Airport. It’s spring break across the country and that means one thing: we don’t travel much in March.  Boot ... [ Read More ]

“Location, location, location,” isn’t that what they say? I’m here to tell you that Palisade is the perfect location for skiing in the morning and wine in the afternoon. Up at 7:30 a.m., we breakfasted in our room at Spoke ... [ Read More ]

Music permeated the chilly air as we walked the sidewalks of downtown Gothenburg, Nebraska. The music being pumped into the streets was unexpected in a small town along Interstate 80, 245 miles west of Omaha and 298 miles east of ... [ Read More ]