We all have our own ideas of the perfect winter getaway. For some people, it’s a tropical beach, far from the snow-covered driveway. (Whenever I say I miss snow, living here in Texas, my husband says, “That’s because you never had to shovel a driveway.” Which is true.) For some, it’s atop a ski mountain, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
Getaways for Winter Days
Posted in Flashbulb Memories, Outdoorsiness, Three-fer Friday, tagged Colorado, jersey shore, mammoth hot springs, New Jersey, rocky mountains, skiing, winter getaways, Wyoming, Yellowstone on November 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The Making of a Flyover American
Posted in Flashbulb Memories, Road Trip Tales, Uncategorized, tagged California, Colorado, letter, Nebraska, New York City, road trip, rocky mountains, Utah on October 14, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Flyover America has moved! Please join us at www.ReadFlyoverAmerica.com In 1977, I took my first cross-country trip with two girlfriends. I was 19 years old and, except for 10 days in London when I was 15, I’d never left the East Coast. Actually, I’d barely been out of New York City. Partway through the drive, [...]
I Want to Go, er, Live There
Posted in Listing America, State-by-State, tagged Alaska, bed and breakfast, Boston, California, Calistoga, Cameron, Colorado, Fairbanks, Graham, hotels, Logan, Massachusetts, Montana, Nashville, Ohio, resort, San Juan Mountains, Teasdale, Tennessee, Texas, Utah on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Flyover America has moved! Please join us at www.ReadFlyoverAmerica.com. With apologies to Tina Fey for, above, bastardizing her character’s now famous line, here, the hotels/B&Bs/other-places-with-beds-that-aren’t-our-homes that we would like to move into permanently. Jenna’s Picks Few hotels–if any–merge whimsy, history, and upscale delights like Boston’s Liberty Hotel, which is partially housed in a former jail. [...]
