I’ve been a resident of Colorado now for over 5 years – I’m happy to call Denver home! I chose to make Colorado my new home base because it was new to me and I felt like I wanted a place I could explore. I’ve spent the last 5 years doing just that…exploring all over Colorado whenever I could. I hit the hiking trails, horse trails, visited National Parks, summited 14ers, trained through the state, snowshoed, biked, and rafted through the Rocky Mountains. If you are looking to travel to Colorado – here’s my best articles full of advice, maps, ideas, activities, food, drink, and more!
For the City Dwellers: Weekend in Denver – Where to Eat Stay and Play
For the Train Enthusiasts: My Moab to Denver Rocky Mountaineer Train Journey
For the Cowboy Lovers: Steamboat Springs – A Gateway to Western Culture
For the Foodies and Winos: How to Spend 3 Perfect Days in Grand Junction
For the Road Trippers: Take a Northern Colorado Road Trip
For the Van Lifers: Travel by Van in an Epic Colorado Road Trip Featuring Mountains, Dunes, and Canyons
For Lake Lovers: See a Side of Vail You’ve Never Seen Before
For the Day Trippers: 7 of the Best Day Trips from Denver
For the Minimalists: Experience Wee Casa – the Tiny Home Resort in Colorado near Rocky Mountain National Park
For the Hikers: Going to Great Heights in Crested Butte
For Wellness Seekers: Unplug at a Colorado Mountain Hut in Aspen
And there’s many more articles below!
If you have any questions about travel in Colorado – please ask me – I’ll try to help the best I can!
Looking to channel your inner mountain goat? Look no further than Rocky Mountain National Park! This place is a hiker’s paradise with over 350 miles of hiking trails. But beware—these aren’t your grandma’s Sunday strolls—these are rugged, rocky paths that will test your endurance and leave you breathless (both from the views and the altitude). […]
Being a non-skier in Colorado can be perplexing to people. People often question why I moved to Colorado if I don’t ski. Of course, that’s ludicrous – there are so many things to do in the Colorado Rockies besides skiing! It’s inevitable that as a non-skier in Colorado, you’ll likely have skiing friends, however, you […]
Since moving here, I’ve discovered many unique things to do in Denver. This isn’t your typical best-of sightseeing in Denver bucket list (no AI here!); you’ll find things that aren’t listed on any other list of Denver activities. I don’t like to follow the crowd – and giving you a list of fun things to […]
Looking for a real Whiskey Row Denver experience? I’m not talking about a simple restaurant that happens to serve a few whiskey drinks…yawn. I’m talking about a real 3 block area in Denver Metro where you can experience the largest combined whiskey inventory in the state (and one of the largest in the nation), PLUS, […]
Just an hour’s drive from Denver, spending a weekend in Colorado Springs is so easy. I’ve visited the region a couple of dozen times, more if I count the trips I made with my family as a kid growing up in western Kansas. My grandmother lived in Colorado Springs during her later years, so I […]
Any time I can get closer to the mountains is a good day. I live in the heart of Denver near downtown, so when I get out to the front range foothills, I’m a happy gal. The foothills that run north to south around the Denver Metro welcome you to our beautiful Rocky Mountains, which […]
It’s summer! Do you feel it…the pull to be outside as much as we can? In Denver Colorado where we have sun 300 days a year (our best-kept not-so-secret), it’s the perfect region for outdoor dining, drinking, games, markets, and events. The front range comes alive as restaurants and bars sweep off their patios, and […]
At 5,280 feet above sea level, the Mile High City offers culture, history, galleries, great restaurants, and brewpubs. A weekend in Denver is the perfect way to sample what the city has to offer. Denver is known as the Napa Valley of craft beer where eating and drinking rank up there with biking and hiking. […]
I’ve driven this route many times between Moab and Denver, and I’ve seen this landscape before. But this time I’m going at a train’s pace. At this luxury train’s pace, it feels like you are soaking up the landscape like a sponge. I realize there is something different and quite beautiful about going 35 mph […]
The train doors opened up, I stepped off, and suddenly, I was transported back in time. I had left the big towering buildings of Denver with crowds of people bustling around and arrived in historic Olde Town Arvada. My time machine only took 20 minutes! The first thing I noticed was the welcoming old-timey water […]
