Planning a trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado? We spent a week in this fun mountain town last summer with my extended family, and there are lots of fun things to do in Steamboat Springs in the summer. Steamboat Springs is located in northwest Colorado, about 3 hours' drive from Denver. It is home to Steamboat […]
Is Four Corners Monument on your bucket list? It is the only place in the United States where you can stand in four states AND three sovereign nations at the same time. Four Corners Monument is the spot where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet. The Navajo and Ute nations both overlap the United […]
Planning a trip to Colorado? There are lots of fun things to do in Denver! I'm a Salt Lake City native, and here in the wide open spaces of the Mountain West, Denver is considered a close neighbor. For years, I assumed that Denver was just more of the same, but I was wrong. Denver […]
Hello! Does your family enjoy visiting zoos when you travel? The Denver Zoo is a great choice. We first visited the Denver Zoo when our kids were little. It's a large zoo that features many of our favorite animals. It also has a train and carousel, which my young children loved. My kids are older […]
Love national parks? Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado is a spectacular uncrowded gem. We passed through Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park on a family road trip through Colorado on Highway 50. We visited on a weekday morning in the summer. There were a few other visitors, but we had […]
Hello! Considering a trip to Canyons of the Ancients? It is an amazing place. We drove through this National Monument with our kids, and the archaeological sites are amazing. The museum is quite good too. Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is a relatively new addition to the National Park Service roster. It is located […]
