Gulliford's Travels - The Journal

Where rocks have names: Running rapids on Western rivers

A rock is a rock is a rock, unless it is in the middle of a fast flowing river and you are about to smash into it with the front of your boat. In which case, you’re apt to give it a name. Ri...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

THE MURALS AT MAMA D’S

In Salida, wall art tells story of railroads and mountain troops

DATE: Apr 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Some like it hot Soaking up the history at New Mexico’s Ojo Caliente springs

On frigid winter days with long winter nights, there’s nothing like a soak in a natural hot springs and one of the most historic in the Southwest is at Ojo Caliente, N.M. Pioneeri...

DATE: Feb 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Making Ute history live The enduring legacy of Clifford Duncan

Clifford Duncan passed away this winter, and with his passing went centuries of Ute cultural knowledge about land and landscape. A World War II veteran in his 80s living in Neola, Utah, near...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Saving Saguache: Life takes root in an old town

Set in the northern San Luis Valley, Saguache served as one of the early gateways to the San Juans and the Western Slope. When Durango was just a twinkle in railroad baron Gen. W...

DATE: May 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Blood and struggle in Ludlow

100 years ago, coal miners rebelled against dangerous working conditions

DATE: Apr 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Hoodoo heaven

Discover mysterious nature of wilderness exploration at Bisti

DATE: Mar 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

All eyes to the sky

FLC graduate watches birds of prey to understand their migratory routes

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Route 66: Finding the Mother Road

I had the ride, but not the road. I was living in Tennessee, and I’d bought my dream car, a Big Bird or 1963 pearl white Thunderbird complete with a 390-cubic-inch Ford V-8 engine, brushed a...

DATE: Nov 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels