Rocky Mountains

Grand Junction is the largest city on Colorado’s Western Slope with a population of around 150,000. Native Americans lived and hunted in this area for thousands of years. Europeans first settled here in the 1880s at the junction of the Colorado River (then called the Grand River) and the Gunnison

Idaho may be one of least well-known states even though it’s an outdoor paradise. It reminds me of Colorado when I lived there as a child. Then I could go almost anywhere in the mountains, anytime of the year, and it wasn’t crowded. I don’t know how long it’s going

Western Montana, stretching from the borders of Wyoming and Idaho to Canada, is a gem of the Rocky Mountains. The beauty of the landscape is often used for film and television. It’s sparsely populated, so exploring the state by car, RV, motorcycle, bicycle, and by foot can be meditative and

I’ve traveled to many of the great US national parks in the west, from Montana to New Mexico and California to Colorado. In these travels, I somehow skirted by Grand Teton National Park but I finally arrived as part of a 16-day, 3000-mile Rocky Mountain Road Trip with my friend

I grew up in Colorado and have visited most of the major national parks and monuments, but for some reason never made it to Dinosaur National Monument in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah. Well, I finally did on the first stop of a 16-day, 3000-mile Rocky Mountain Road Trip. As

For over a year, I was unable to travel because of Covid-19. Finally after taking two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, I could leave the confines of my comfortable home. By the beginning of May, it was still difficult to travel internationally because of country restrictions. So, I decided to