The snow is falling here in Denver, as I anticipate my drive south to Colorado Springs and The Broadmoor. But my mind is on a different visit, when the winter snows were giving way to the warming spring winds. If you’ve been to The Broadmoor, I don’t have to tell you about the guaranteed amazing […]
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An active member of Society of American Travel Writers, Diana Rowe is a Denver-based freelance writer, editor & photographer with more than 18 years experience and hundreds of published articles and photographs online and in print. Read here for updates Diana Rowe’s past and upcoming travels. More details on Diana Rowe’s travels at www.TravelingInHeels.com
New Year welcomed with Last Brass Monkey Run
Five hundred-ish of my best biker friends and I fired up our scoots, leathered up and joined Denver’s annual Last Brass Monkey Run on Sunday, Dec 28. It was one of those Colorado days that started off chilly, when leathering up wasn’t quite enough, but by late morning, Denver’s warming sun warded off the chill even when putting […]
Grizzly Rose
Bikes, bikes, more bikes at the Grizzly Rose for ABATE’s annual 2008 Last Brass Monkey Run
Susie’s for ABATE’s Last Brass Monkey Run 2008
Susie’s parking lot filled with bikes
The dog ate my Starbucks gift card
Really she did!  Our  2 1/2 year old labrador Emma apparently, sometime in the night, raided the Christmas presents under the tree. She must’ve thought the bright red mini-gift bag had her name on it. This morning, I gathered my last minute gifts, purchased yesterday, to put under the tree, when I realized the gift bag was missing! Further investigation, […]
My chocolate lab ate my $20 Starbucks gift card
The remains of the dog-chewed Starbucks gifts card
The remains of the $20 Starbuck Gift Card
My chocolate lab, Emma, ate my starbucks gift card!
Death Valley keeps saying hello
I’m on my final full day in Death Valley this Sunday morning. It’s gone quickly, filled with surprising adventures and rugged desert beauty, as if Mother Nature issued a personal invitation. The invitation today began at sunrise, a 2 hour hike near Furnace Creek Inn to Zabriskie Point to view the early morning sun (hazy), next to […]
Hello Death Valley
On their short-cut quest for California’s gold, travelers lost their way in the floor of this desert back in the 1849. “Goodbye Death Valley” was one 49’ers mantra — and the name stuck. I’ve always associated heat, Spaghetti westerns and shootouts with Death Valley National Park (http://www.nps.gov/deva). Somehow I never heard of the inspiring beauty of its […]
Bloggers Unite for World Aids Day
I’m taking a break from the fun topic of travel to be a bit more serious as today is Word Aids Day. This December 1st, 2008, BlogCatalog members are joining with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of HIV/AIDS Policy’s AIDS.gov for Bloggers Unite […]
Belgian heaven for chocoholics!
 Besides diamonds, what chick doesn’t crave chocolate? Chocolate is medicinal, an aphrodisiac for lovers, a guilty pleasure, and heavenly reward. Allow me to quote my tour guide Joyce Mousny from Our Explorer:  “If you’re not tasting Belgian chocolate (70% cocoa), then you’re only eating cocoa flavored candy.” After your first nibble of Belgian chocolate, you know she’s […]