Eco Adventures: Another Way to Explore
Telluride is a winter playground. The skiing is obvious. But what might not be so obvious, especially to the common visitor, are all of the other ways to explore this majestic vall
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Club Red, Telluride Conf. Center: Blitzen Trapper
This is a story about seeds and the good and great things they germinate. Eric Earley knows all about seeds. Seeds were the central conceit of an Op Ed piece he penned for the New
Snow Sunday: Cheating in Crested Butte
When you live in Telluride, going to a different ski mountain can feel illicit. In the words of fellow snow writer, Jesse McTigue, it can feel almost like “an affair”.
Telski: Super Bowl 48, GO BRONCOS!
The latest news from the Bleacher Report on Super Bowl 2014 has Denver winning. Read on… “When the Seattle Seahawks (13-3) square off against the Denver Broncos (13-3)
“Rover” at the Peaks: Barking Success
Kids and dogs. Stage lore says you never want to be the act that follows because both win hearts and minds just by showing up. And they did, in droves, mid-week at The Peaks Reso
The Peaks: “Rover” Casting Call for Telluride Dogs
Major event in support of Second Chance Humane Society takes place at The Peaks Wednesday, January 22, 3 – 6 p.m. Dogs, please bring your people! The backstory: The science is be
TIO Oregon: Mosier & Arlene Burns’ Zee Shackteau
Stay tuned…. There will be a Telluride connection… Always is. Mosier, Oregon: The population of Mosier, Oregon was not always 421. There were even fewer people, about 280 local
Hood River Aviation Museum
One of the great things about travel is finding a jewel you didn’t even know you were looking for. Case in point: Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum in Hood Rive
TIO Vietnam: No Hue, Out!
Boots on the ground: nothing trumps local knowledge when we are planning an itinerary. The resounding success of our first trip to Thailand was thanks to help from our friends, Tel
TIO Thailand: North for Three Days
Chiang Dao: Sometimes it’s not about turning caca into chocolate. Sometimes the caca is the chocolate – or in this case, the paper. Elephants consume, on average, 500 pound
TIO Thailand: Elephants & Tigers, Oh My!
Maesa Elephant Camp: Well-intentioned people will wag their index finger in your general direction when you tell them you are heading to a place like the Maesa Elephant Camp, which
TIO Thailand: Chiang Mai’s Temples – and Temples
What, you may ask, is a wat? Thailand is the kingdom of wats or religious complexes. There about 30,000 in the country, which tend to serve a dual purpose: Buddhist monastery/templ
TIO Thailand: Chiang Mai, Esther’s Town
It was a typical day about town with a friend: morning tea, a round of errands, a long lunch, a visit to a museum, shopping, and a massage. Typical if the friend is Esther White. A
TIO Bangkok: The Day We Saw Red Bananas
This time credit goes to our sometime Telluride neighbor Sunny Griffin, owner of Astara Cosmetics, also a resident of Chiang Mai, Thailand. She told us in no uncertain terms that
TIO Bangkok: Day #2, Long-tailed Boat & Grand Palace
Day #2 began with a ride in a long-tailed boat along the canals of Chaophraya River, a rite of passage for Bangkok virgins. The tour guide representative at our hotel, again the Ro
TIO Thailand: Bangkok, Day #1
First stop, Jim Thompson Museum and House. The story begins with a larger-than-life hero: handsome, rich, urbane, widely accomplished and a one-time CIA (actually OSS, the foreru
Crow Canyon: Update and Praise
Editor’s note: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is located in southwestern Colorado, a rewarding day trip from Telluride of a little over two hours each way. For ov
Telluride: Makes List of “America’s Best Small Towns”
What does Telluride have in common with Haines, Alaska; Spring Green, Wisconsin; Berea, Kentucky; Galena, Illinois and Little Compton, Rhode Island? Trolling the Internet, I came u
Hotel Madeline, a Leading Hotel of the World
The trumpet sounded at a special media luncheon held in the summer of 2012, when it was announced that Hotel Madeline Telluride, Mountain Village, was now officially part of the Th
