Category Archives: Places to Go

Fort Smith

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Roger

In search of adventure, we headed to Fort Smith, just over an hour west of where we’re staying. Our first stop was the Fort Smith Museum of History. It’s a typical local history museum, with displays on things that happened … Continue reading →

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Dragonman

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Roger

Dragonman is all about guns — selling them, shooting them, owning them. Dragonman is Mel Bernstein, owner of a gun shop, shooting range, and military museum in the prairie east of the Colorado Spring Airport. His museum is only open … Continue reading →

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The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Roger

The incline railroad up Pikes Peak was on our goal list from the start of our time in Colorado. We didn’t get around to it during our first couple years and then it shut down for major repairs. It only … Continue reading →

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Arizona Birding Adventure

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Roger

I had been birding for five years back in 1984 when my wife and I spent a week in Tucson with my parents. They liked birds, although they weren’t hard-core listers. On many of the days during that March/April trip, … Continue reading →

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Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Roger

I’ve known about Pioneer Village for a long time. I think I used to own a postcard with the sod house on it, so I may have even been here as a child. It’s one of those places that become … Continue reading →

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