Any mention of The Broadmoor, a 5 star hotel in Colorado Springs, is always accompanied by whispered longings of ooohs and ahhs. Those who have been there can’t wait to go back and those who have only heard stories of the bastion of hotels are anxiously waiting their turn to visit in person. We recently had our own opportunity to…
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Barren. Stark. Desolate. All words that leap to mind when you try to describe the otherworldly quality that is Joshua Tree National Park. They are an apt description for an area that serves at the collision point between the Mohave and the Sierra Desert. Across a landscape that could just as easily be another planet as fixture in southern California…
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I have a (possibly unhealthy) obsession with vintage airstream trailers. The shiny metal exterior beckons to me like the nostalgic days of childhood. Short of owning my own trailer, which I would love to do someday, I have been hoping to camp in one and scratch my nostalgia itch. And, I decided, if you are going to do it, you…
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People always use the word ‘beautiful’ to describe Lake Tahoe, but I had always assumed that beauty was reflected in mountains shrouded in a blanket of white. I wasn’t sure what to expect when we visited in the fall, but the beauty was just as apparent with nary a snowflake on the ground. Tahoe, as I was told is beautiful…
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Traveling the country in a campervan is perhaps the quintessential picture of the freedom found on the Great American Road Trip. Add a couple of kids (or three or four) into the mix and that perfect picture of freedom comes to a screeching halt-or does it? Our family is well seasoned in camping and RVing of all varieties, but I…
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