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Many of us are attracted to nature, expansive views and wild settings. This year millions of Americans will come west to visit our national parks, have a family vacation and make personal memories....
DATE: July 19, 2013 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
We moved to Silt on the Western Slope in the summer of 1976. I began my academic career as a fourth-grade teacher. My girlfriend, whom I’d met in San Francisco, had complained about Colorado...
DATE: June 14, 2013 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
OK. I admit it. I’m a tree hugger, but I am not profligate in my affections. Only certain species receive my embrace. I can’t remember when I started hugging trees, but I’ve always admired them,...
DATE: May 23, 2013 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
Driving across the mystical West, it is important to say a prayer, leave an offering, think of others. The Spanish phrase is “vaya con Dios,” or “go with God.” North of Abiquiu, N.M., is a roadside...
DATE: April 19, 2013 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
OURAY - Driving across Colorado and the West, I see historic buildings or structures that compel me to get out of my truck and take a walk. For years, I've driven between Silverton and Ouray and...
DATE: March 16, 2013 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
This year marks the 100th anniversary of statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, but why did it take until 1912 for them to become states? Amidst all the hoopla of centennial celebrations the actual...
DATE: Dec. 15, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
Editors note: This is the second of a two-part series. The first discussed Butch Cassidy and train robberies and appeared Sept. 15. Both stories will be posted in the Special Reports section at...
DATE: Oct. 19, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
THE OUTLAW TRAIL For stealing a $5 horse, Butch Cassidy spent two years in the Wyoming State Prison. He learned his lesson, though. He never got caught stealing horses again. Instead he turned to...
DATE: Sept. 15, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. Six months of planning for a Grand Canyon river trip, then bam! A scorpion sting the first night! What did I do to deserve that? At 3 a.m. Im wide awake. My left shin felt...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
GLENWOOD SPRINGS We live with the heat, the dust, the smoke. They live with the fire. We complain, but they do the work as volunteers for local fire departments and as red card carrying federal...
DATE: July 21, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
GRAND JUNCTION Ill confess that Im an environmentalist, an earth muffin. So what was I doing having drinks and dinner at the DoubleTree Hotel in Grand Junction with retired executives from...
DATE: June 15, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
NATURAL BRIDGES, Utah — In the 21st century Americans have lost silence, solitude and darkness, but now the National Park Service has new initiatives to preserve and appreciate our dark skies,...
DATE: May 19, 2012 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
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