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Belle Fourche, South Dakota A Farmstand, Goats & Wildflowers. HeidiTown (7)

Spoiler Alert: This day, July 2, 2022, was filled with all of my favorite things, except tacos. Note: When you visit South Dakota in the summer, bring a cooler. If you’re like me, you’ll need it! When we mentioned the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge, no one seemed to know about it. This is because the area is better known as the Belle Fourche Reservoir and the Rocky Point Recreation

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If you’re planning to celebrate the harvest season, why not do it in one of Colorado’s most bountiful areas? Mountain Harvest Festival takes place in the North Fork Valley, an area that is brimming with small family farms and vineyards. I didn’t know about the North Fork Valley until three years ago, and the region has stolen my heart. It is located in Delta County on Colorado’s Western Slope. It’s

Bike to farm tour in the North Fork Valley. Orchard Valley Farms. HeidiTown.com

Update: Please note that e-bikes can now be rented at SK Bikes (formerly Shish KaBikes) at 208 Main Street in Paonia. Cirque Cyclery is now The Cirque Boutique.  As alert readers will have noticed, we’ve been riding bikes a lot this summer. I love riding bikes – not any downhill craziness, mind you – I prefer cruising on country roads or trails. Earlier this summer we did a bike to

How to take a vacation in your own town. Visit a Farm, Horse & Hen, Hayden, CO. HeidiTown.com

My Facebook wall has been full of tropical vacation photos for several weeks. I even have a friend on a private yacht in the Caribbean. If this is the case for you too, it’s rather depressing, right? I mean, who doesn’t want to be on a yacht in the Caribbean? If you’ve got cabin fever, I’ve got a solution and no, it’s not robbing a bank. It’s called a mini-vacation,