Angela DiLoretoA week basecamped along the Animas River, chasing a narrow-gauge whistle, two borderland ruins, and the most talked-about highway in the San Juans. Forty-two years ago, a much younger version of this trip happened at the same address. Before Fitting In Adventure existed, before the RV, before any of it, a family stayed at what’s … Read more
A quieter Chacoan site 50 minutes from Durango — what to expect at Salmon Ruins & Heritage Park, and why it is worth the extra fifteen minutes.
Brick storefronts, the Strater Hotel, and a working 1880s train depot — what to see in Durango, Colorado historic downtown in an afternoon.
One short stop on US-550 worth the pullout, and a backcountry road worth knowing about before you tow anything oversized. Baker’s Bridge North of town on US-550, Baker’s Bridge crosses the Animas River at a spot that’s become shorthand for a very specific piece of outlaw folklore: the river jump Butch Cassidy and the Sundance … Read more
Why Palisade peaches taste different, when to go, what the farmer’s market is actually like in late August, and the history that sits just below the surface of every orchard in the valley.
One of the darkest, narrowest, most disorienting canyons in the American West — what to expect and why the Painted Wall stops everyone. Most canyons are about depth. Black Canyon of the Gunnison is about something else. It’s about width. Or rather, the lack of it. Standing at the South Rim on an early morning … Read more
