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Polar Express arrives at the station Durango

A Note from the Mayor on July 29, 2018: HeidiTown has grown a lot since this article was posted in 2011, but this is still the most popular post. I welcome you to HeidiTown! Please spend some time browsing everything this little town has to offer when it comes to Colorado travel and festivals. I love Colorado during the holiday season. From Denver’s Larimer Street to the Christmas Market in

Proud to be an American (even more proud to be Coloradoan)

The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games are underway, and among the members of Team USA, Colorado is well represented. Colorado ranks only behind New York and Minnesota for number of athletes represented at the games.   Colorado, 17 New York, 19 Minnesota, 21   Aspen, Colorado claims the most Olympians from a single town, with three skiers, two snowboarders and one figure skater. The total number of U.S. Athletes is 216.

The Elders light up Colorado

Photo by H.M. Kerr-Schlaefer (The Elders at Loveland’s Foote Lagoon on  July 9, 2009)   Celtic music is in my blood, literally. My Scottish and Irish genes co-mingled to make me an undeniable descendant of the Celts, complete with red hair and freckles and a propensity to sunburn. From childhood the tunes of the fiddle, drum and bagpipe have inspired me to move. Throughout my life I have loaded up