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Horseback Riding Through Chosecani, Peru

DATE: Nov 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

Back-to-back snowstorms put Colorado in a ‘winter state of mind’

After a couple of rounds of snowfall this week and another storm on its way, the ski resorts are celebrating nature’s boost for the terrain and for the excitement. Sara Lococo, communication...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

A New Zealand airport wants you to hug goodbye faster

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Emotional farewells are a common sight at airports, but travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to be quick. A new three-minute time limit ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

Machu Picchu surrendering to the stone citadel in the sky

Before departure for Peru I practiced what I like to call a “priming of the self,” opening the senses and imagination without expectation of a promise in return. It would be essential, I rea...

DATE: Oct 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

These Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico national park sites brought millions of dollars to the region last year

About 114,000 people visited the National Park Service’s High Plains Group during 2023. The grouping includes Capulin Volcano National Monument in New Mexico, along with Bent's Old Fort, San...

DATE: Oct 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

Americans can now renew passports online and bypass cumbersome paper applications

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays. The State Department announced Wednesday ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

Wakra pukará – Every day is a universe

Edward Rimachi Yanqui emerged from under the stone archway wearing his hat and leather gaiters. A rock perch aided me in mounting Ollu, or First Star Of The Morning. My abdomen wasn't as str...

DATE: Sep 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

One of Colorado’s least visited national monuments has dark skies, ancient cultures and a whole bunch of dinosaurs

What started as eight dinosaur tail bones in 1909 has turned into 211,000 acres of Dinosaur National Monument

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

A Pueblo beyond time

Peru called to me because an expert mountain man I’d discovered via social media had horses and could lead me into seriously wild backcountry. We planned to trek together with one pack anima...

DATE: Aug 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Travel

Are Airbnbs more cost-effective than hotels?

Remember the days when one of the best money-saving travel tips was booking an Airbnb versus a hotel? Not only were nightly rates almost always far cheaper, but the Airbnbs and hosts themsel...

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tips to take the sting out of 50% higher car rental prices

When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest — and stubbornly high — aspects of people’s vacation budgets.

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

New Zealand river’s personhood status offers hope to Māori

WHANGANUI, New Zealand – The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and deb...

DATE: Aug 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

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