My husband, Andy, had one week left of vacation and our objectives were simple: to get the kids outside and explore somewhere new. I’d been dreaming about Wyoming for a long time. I hadn’t been in almost 20 years and my previous trips had been limited,...
Wednesday morning dawned gray and cool. Our intrepid group was in the car by 0730 for the drive up to Glacier Guides' headquarters just outside the Park's West Entrance. We soon loaded two vans, and headed up Going-to-the-Sun Road, the clouds increasing as we climbed,...
One could say Susan and I are empty nesters once removed: with one grandson out of college and on his own, two others out of the house and in college, our grand-daughter not far behind, family get-togethers require a little more planning. [caption id="attachment_60639" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Peaks, Logan...
When I got to the parking area on Lizard Head Pass, nearly a platoon's worth of mountain bikes was lying on the ground. Each had the name of its rider on a piece of paper on the handlebar. The Semper Fi troops soon arrived, each...
Father’s Day. What does it actually mean? Mother’s Day has clear, crisp expectations: flowers followed by brunch followed by more flowers. But dads lack that stock celebration. As a child, I remember making homemade cards, baking enormous cake-sized cookies, and giving my father the ubiquitous tie...
It’s summer; it’s time to ride. For cyclists this means always. The family is going to Durango for the weekend? You ride to Dolores and have them pick you up. Grocery shopping in Montrose? You bring your bike and ride home. Meeting for dinner in...
A few moments ago (or is it my age?), we returned from our Autumn travels to find Telluride, and especially the surrounding mountains, blanketed with early season snow. So the opening of the ski area just before Thanksgiving was a skier's idea of paradise, the...
Remember back in the day when there was no singles line in Telluride? Instead of being automatically funneled into the lift line and efficiently matched up with an incomplete chair load, you stood in line awkwardly, looked around, then yelled, “Single?." If there was a single,...
Tickets for TASP’s “20 Years of Blue” Celebration, $70 in advance.; $75 at the door here. Tickets will also be for sale in Heritage Plaza in Mountain Village in front of the TASP van on Thursday, March 3, and Friday, March 4, from noon to 4 p.m. Blue. But not...
Dr. Haley Perlus continues with tips about ways to empower “Your Inner Athlete.” This week, Haley talks with Telluride’s Gus Kenworthy about how being in the closet, in other words hiding, affected the superstar athlete and local (well, international) hero physically, physiologically, and emotionally. According to Xgames website: "He's...
