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8 Fabulous Sedona Area Hikes

June 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Sedona Arizona is one of the most beautiful areas of the country. Its magnificent scenery makes this one of our favorite spots in the world for hiking. Here are 8 fabulous Sedona hikes. Beautiful Sedona Hiking Trails West Fork Trail at Oak Creek Canyon The trailhead is about 10.5 miles north of Sedona along Oak […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Featured-Trips, Highlighted Itinerary, Hiking, Mountains, Nature & Hiking, Sedona Tagged With: Arizona, Bell Rock, Boynton Canyon Trail, Brin's Mesa, Cathedral Rock Trail, Devil's Bridge, Doe Mesa Trail, hiking, Mayhew Lodge, Oak Creek Vista Point, Sedona, Soldier Pass Loop, West Fork Trail

Grindelwald and the Jungfraujoch

December 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Grindelwald Grindelwald is the principal town in the Jungfraujoch, a term that refers to the saddle between the Eiger and the Munch Mountains in Switzerland’s Alps. The combination of snow-clad mountain peaks, beautiful valleys, sheer rock faces, waterfalls and glaciers, including the Aletsch (which is Europe’s largest at 65 square miles and 2,300 feet …

Filed Under: Activities, Destinations, Dining, Europe, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Grindelwald, Jungfrau, Nature & Hiking, Restaurants, Switzerland, Travel Tagged With: Alpiglen, Alps, Bachalpsee Lake, Eiger River, Eiger Trail, First Cliff Walk, hiking, Jungfraujoch, Munch Mountains, Parkhotel Grindelwalk Dorstrasse, Swiss Alps

Retirement – Another Great Adventure

October 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

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I  (Joyce) first retired in 2006 when Tom and I sold our company. That lasted a mere 4 months until I became a COO-for-hire and—to my amazement—found numerous firms that wanted to pay me to do this job. Although I worked for multiple companies between then and now, I ended up spending the majority of […]

Filed Under: California, Colorado, Featured-City, Mountains, National Parks, San Francisco, Travel Tagged With: hiking, retirement

24 Hours from Aspen to Vail: A One-Day Hiking and Dining Odyssey

July 21, 2021 2 Comments

One can drive between Aspen and Vail Colorado in two hours. But why would you want to? If you have time, you should take a more leisurely route. In fact, you have a choice of two such routes: The “express route”, northwest along Route 82 to the spa city of Glenwood Springs, and then east […]

Filed Under: Dining, Featured-City, Featured-Trips, Glenwood Springs, Itineraries, Nature & Hiking Tagged With: Aspen, Colorado, hiking, restaurants, Vail

Reacquainting Ourselves with Aspen

July 21, 2021 Leave a Comment

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We recently had an opportunity to get back to Aspen, Colorado. After a quick walk through the town to reacquaint ourselves with the town and its many galleries, we stopped to see the wonderfully renovated Hotel Jerome  and the greatly expanded Aspen Art Museum. The renovation of the Jerome lived up to its billing and […]

Filed Under: Aspen, Dining, Featured-City, Glenwood Springs, Hiking, Hotels, Mountains, Nature & Hiking Tagged With: Aspen, Colorado, hiking, restaurants

Vail Hiking and Dining

September 21, 2014 Leave a Comment

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We recently enjoyed a fall week in Vail Colorado at a time share. The first two weekends of September in Vail are occupied by Octoberfest (yes, in September) celebrations, a large, open-air Farmers’ and Art Market and a small but nice display of classic cars. Although we planned to go to a restaurant for lunch, the […]

Filed Under: Dining, Featured-Trips, Mountains, Nature & Hiking, Vail Tagged With: Colorado, hiking, restaurants, Vail