Prospect Ponds (Fort Collins) – In A Colorado Minute (Week 278)
The Prospect Ponds Natural Area in Fort Collins, Colorado, is part of the Cache la Poudre River Corridor and features several ponds, trails and wildlife – and of course, it has the Cache…
Elbe River Ships – Willkomm Höft (Germany) – In Another Minute (277)
Willkomm Höft on the Elbe River in Wedel, Germany, is where the big ships are greeted and bid farewell as they enter or exit the Hamburg Harbor. For large ships, the restaurant Schulauer…
Greyrock Trail (Part 1) – In A Colorado Minute (Week 272)
The Greyrock Trail (off Poudre Canyon Road aka Highway 14) is a slightly challenging and very rewarding hiking trail up to Greyrock Mountain in the Laramie Mountain Range of the Rocky Mountains. To…
Sailing on Horsetooth Reservoir – In A Colorado Minute (Week 268)
On Saturday, we went sailing on Horsetooth Reservoir! Our friend (and Whiskey’s vet) Rachel Erickson kindly invited Scott, GJ, and me to sail on her father John Erickson’s boat Besame Mucho. I can’t…
Devil’s Backbone – In A Colorado Minute (Week 267)
Devil’s Backbone is a very impressive long stretch of rock walls and towers near Loveland in Larimer County, Colorado. The 2,198-acre Devil’s Backbone Open Space with its 12 miles of trails is free to…
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) – In Another Minute (263)
The Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biósfera), a UNESCO World Heritage site just south of Tulum, in Quitana Roo, Mexico, could be described as paradise. Recently (during week 261), Scott and I…
Tulum (Mexico) – In Another Minute (Week 261)
Tulum, a coastal town in Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico… where do I begin? It’s so wonderful! I just spent a week in and around Tulum with my husband Scott Solary for…
Bingham Hill Cemetery – In A Colorado Minute (Week 258)
Bingham Hill Cemetery (between Fort Collins and Laporte, Colorado) may or may not be a haunted cemetery. It is definitely an unusual pioneer graveyard. Established around 1862, it originally held mostly unmarked grave…
