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Stay in Salida, Colorado Stay Amigo Motor Lodge. HeidiTown (5)

I’ll admit, as a road tripper, I am a sucker for remodeled motels. Rundown and closed motels are often a blight in a town or city but if they have been saved and remodeled, they can be an asset in more ways than one.  Over the years, we’ve stayed in a handful of these places from Bellingham, Washington to Cortez, Colorado. I was overjoyed to discover that Salida has several

Grand Adventures Balloon Tours

There are few things lovelier than watching a hot air balloon silently gliding across the horizon on an early morning in Colorado. We are lucky to have quite a few hot air balloons flying around our state, and multiplel festivals celebrating this French flying contraption. In this week’s radio segment on  KRFC 88.9 FM, I talk abut balloon festivals in Colorado and take a look at one balloon rally that

hot air balloon

As you might imagine, I go to a lot of events and festivals, and quite frankly, a lot of them look the same – beer garden, food vendors, kids’ area, 5K, pancake breakfast. This isn’t necessarily bad, especially in smaller communities, but theming a festival really makes the event stand out above the others. One such event is happening the first weekend in August in Loveland, Colorado – and this