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I’m Your Huckleberry, A Cattle Drive Road Trip: The Reason Why
dog, Museums, Travel

I’m Your Huckleberry, A Cattle Drive Road Trip: The Reason Why

This May, for our anniversary, we took one of our literary-inspired road trips. This one has been on our minds since our Dust Bowl Road Trip in April 2022. That trip was motivated by the two of us reading books ... [ Read More ]
Downtown Durango, Colorado: The New, The Old, The Historic
Colorado, dog, Travel

Downtown Durango, Colorado: The New, The Old, The Historic

I’ve always had a soft spot for Durango. As I wrote in my recent post about our April visit, this was a return to the town after five years. It was good to be back. Since I was there for ... [ Read More ]
Ska Brewing & Hot Springs in Durango, Colorado (9)
Colorado, Travel

Take the Edge Off: Ska Brewing & Durango Hot Springs

Five years had passed since we were last in Durango, and that’s a long time not to have visited one of my favorite Colorado towns. This month, it was for IN THE GAME, a conference by Downtown Colorado, Inc. I ... [ Read More ]
The Prettiest Drive in Colorado Denver to Durango. HeidiTown
Colorado, Travel

The Prettiest Drive in Colorado: Denver to Durango

For more than twenty years, we had a family cabin outside of Fairplay and some months, we’d go up twice. So, I have driven Highway 285 many times. However, that cabin has been sold for several years, and I am ... [ Read More ]
Affordable Snowmass Yes, You Can HeidiTown (10)
Colorado, Travel

Affordable Snowmass? Yes, You Can

This was our third trip to Snowmass, and I have finally discovered that Snowmass is Aspen. Yep, Snowmass does not have its own address. It is a part of Aspen. Now that I know, the restaurant prices make more sense ... [ Read More ]
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Travel Comes with the Unexpected: Stuck in Kearney, Nebraska

While HeidiTown Consulting continues to grow, I want to make it crystal clear that HeidiTown.com is still the place to come for road trips and festival stories. However, I’ve gone way too long without posting. I’ve been busy being stuck ... [ Read More ]
Luna Theatre, Clayton, New Mexico, HeidiTown
Travel

Downtown USA: Old Movie Theatre Love

There is one feature of many downtowns that always gets my attention and that is the old movie theatre (or theater). You know what I’m talking about. It is sometimes that boarded-up vintage building with a dirty, marque that reads: ... [ Read More ]
Two Nights & More Tacos in Tempe, Arizona. HeidiTown (1)
Arizona, Travel

Two Nights & More Tacos in Tempe, Arizona

This wasn’t a road trip. Occasionally, I get on a plane, and when I do, I usually write about it.  My college years are a time I remember fondly. Partly, because I was really, quite good at college, all of ... [ Read More ]
A Show in the Mountains Beaver Creek, Colorado HeidiTown (5)
Colorado, Movies, Theater, Travel

A Show in the Mountains: Beaver Creek, Colorado

Spending a weekend in Beaver Creek makes me feel like a fancy person, which I am not, but I play one at this Colorado ski resort. By the way, Beaver Creek Resort is in Avon, Colorado, one exit past Vail ... [ Read More ]
The Themed Road Trip: A Fun Way to Travel
Travel

The Themed Road Trip: A Fun Way to Travel

A festival or event is a great reason to road trip, and I still do it, albeit less often these days. So, what gets us on the road? For some, it’s a visit to see family, but for many of ... [ Read More ]