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Good-bye Carbondale Hello Alaska

A travel blog entry by roger.harvey

Spend the last week packing up CC (Country Coach) with everything from cold weather clothes to fishing gear. Tried to pack gold panning gear (pans, bags, shovels, etc.) but no enough room. This won't be a self-financing trip ... too bad, less money for the ...

Avalanche Ranch Hotsprings Resort

A travel blog entry by debglaz1

... of a mountain. We were greeted by two Golden Retrievers so we felt right at home.

We got settled into our cabin and hit the hot tubs. What a beautiful setting. After a very relaxing soak in the springs we headed back to our cabin for a quiet evening. I cooked dinner. We drank wine and we enjoyed the peace and quiet. There is no internet, cell phone service or tv here. It is like Heaven.....with spring fed hot tubs :)
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The Last Hurrah!

A travel blog entry by rmhtraveller

... a look for the old sign, which I thought was near the entrance, but could not find it. All in all, it was disappointing to see it neglected in this way, but I do understand that it is expensive to run and something does need to be done. We shall see what happens in the future now that it is under the Rocky Mountain Institute.

The rest of the day was spent in and around town, doing some shopping and looking at the shops. ...

Hangin' Around!

A travel blog entry by rmhtraveller

We have full day today as we are attending a small concert and story-telling session with Steve Weisberg – no relation to Eric Weissberg, the Duelling Banjos bloke! Steve is a born story-teller and articulately told stories of his life, and his work. In the early days he was lead guitarist for John Denver, and had lots of light-hearted stories to tell about those days, as well as the work he has done since. I think he liked ...

Winterskol - Aspenglow

A travel blog entry by rmhtraveller

Today we have woken up to some rather unpleasant weather – until we got to the breakfast area, when we realised that it was actually snowing….. snowing – little flakes dropping to the ground. It was not looking good, but we were going to the Pine Creek Cookhouse for lunch, and we would need to drive up one of the mountains to get there, so hopefully there would be more snow up there.

Nothing prepared ...