If the Wild West was explored by the pioneers, it was settled by the railroad. The sound of the iron horse’s whistle echoing across the plains and mountains of the Southwest meant much-needed supplies were coming. If the trains were blocked for some reason, like severe blizzards, which happened in the early 1900s across the [...]

One wild spring night in 1859, with a late season blizzard blowing in the mountains, a half-dead, red-headed man stumbled into a saloon in Golden, Colorado. The regulars and visitors ignored him, since the talk that night was all about the placer gold discovered by George Jackson in the sands of South Clear Creek. Little [...]

Nestled in a gorgeous valley and surrounded by 14,000 foot peaks, Taylor Park Reservoir in Colorado is a fisherman’s dream. It also happens to be an outstanding vacation experience nestled as it is in the Collegiate Peaks. At an elevation of 9,300 feet, during the summer months the sky is shocking blue, the air is [...]

Every year during the first week of October, the skies over New Mexico, bloom with color as the balloons from the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival take to the air. Nothing rivals the grander of these gentle giants as they ascend into the deep blue desert skies or fill the night sky with glowing, illuminated shapes. [...]

When you visit the Southwest U.S., wherever there are mountains, so you will find Aspen gold (at least in the Fall). During the winter months, the bare Aspen trees with their white bark stand start against teh snowy mountainsides. During the summer months, the soft whisper of their shaking leaves falls gently on the ear, [...]

Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Acoma people were being raided by their Apache and Navajo neighbors, particularly during harvest time or to take women and children for slaves. The Acoma abandoned their valley homes and built an impregnable barrier against enemy attack. Called Acoma Pueblo, the 70-acre mountain settlement means “Place of Readiness” or “Place [...]