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An Estes Park Hotel Stay at the Baldpate Inn Bed and Breakfast

I walked out of my Estes Park cabin at the Baldpate Inn to go for a hike at one of the two nearby trails in Rocky Mountain National Park. Two women were screeching about how something had just walked right up to the library door of the main lodge and then skittered across the driveway […]

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A Stay at Maui’s Wailea Beach Villas

Maui hotels are a dime a dozen. There are so many great places to stay it is hard to choose. But picking the right one can set your vacation apart from fun to amazing. So how do you narrow it down? Well, with three little words: Wailea Beach Villas. Staying at the villas on the […]

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A Weekend at the Pine Ridge Condos

I spent this past weekend at the Pine Ridge Condos in Breckenridge while attending the Travel Blog Exchange conference in nearby Keystone, Colorado. I initially was not going to attend, but when a combination of events happened practically at the same time – BlogWorld bought up TBEX and Pine Ridge offered me a complimentary stay […]

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A Photo Essay ~ 31 Days of Denver

I spent the month of May documenting some of the sites I have regularly seen in the twelve years I’ve lived in Denver. I have also taken the time to capture a picture or two of some places I hadn’t yet seen. And I had plenty of time to ignore the overly-photographed locations and icons that are certainly […]

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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 […]

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A Night at the Marriott Park City

Over the years I have come to expect a certain level of comfort and service from Marriott. They have a well-founded reputation for such things. And when I was in Park City, Utah, I received everything that I anticipated before my arrival. Well, that isn’t entirely true; one thing was missing for me. I can’t […]

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