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Driving Through the White Sands of New Mexico
I made the turn off U.S. Highway 70 into the White Sands National Monument. I drove in from Las Cruces, New Mexico, avoiding the interstate and taking the long way back to Colorado. I had purposefully made the detour in order to see the monument, something I had been interested in since first seeing it […]
A Waterfall at the Denver Botanic Gardens
A small waterfall with sculpture at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
The Making of the Iakona
The plate was set down in front of me. My eyes were wide. I was looking at the sandwich to end all sandwiches. It was more pork than any one pig should ever have, and there it was, piled beautifully high on focaccia bread, all for me and my greedy claws. We called it The […]
Hiking Through History to Kalaupapa
I was eating a ham sandwich in paradise. Squinting through the sun, I sighed contentedly at the imposing beauty of the world’s tallest sea cliffs. I could live here, I thought, setting down the sandwich to dig into a bag of chips. But would I really want to? No way, not with Kalaupapa National Historic […]
A Blue Grass Brunch at Oskar Blues
“You know, the last time I had any of these beers, I really didn’t like them. I drank them more on a dare,” I explained to Jim, Oskar Blues’ public relations specialist, as we sat down to lunch. Every Sunday an impromptu Blue Grass band plays just inside the door of the Oskar Blues Home […]
To a Mountain in Tibet
Colin Thubron’s Shadow of the Silk Road has remained one of my favorite armchair travel books since reading it a couple of years ago. I have been looking for something new from him over that time. I could have gone back and picked up something else, which I’ll still do, but I wanted to see […]
Jason's Travels 