“Big Joe” is the name of the raft, not the name of the guide with the big hat (which I want to say was Scotty). But I thought this was a great ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith again about his trip to the Four Corners area in the American southwest. Four Corners is the spot where 4 U.S. states meet: Utah, Arizona, ...

This photograph is from an area on the Colorado/Utah border named Ruby Canyon. I was lucky to get this. I took the picture from out the window of a train. The sun ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com about Aspen, Colorado. Like so many locals who live in that area of Colorado, Kara came for the winters but stayed for the ...

As I prepare this week’s Amateur Traveler episode on Aspen, Colorado I am reminded of my visit there and of my visit to this old mining town Ashcroft, Colorado which was in ...

One of the highlights of my travel this year was the last trip I took before reentering the working work. I joined OARS Whitewater Rafting company (their treat) on the Green River ...

On a hike in one of the side canyons off the Green River we came to Butt Dam Falls. One person sits in the narrow channel in the rock above the falls ...

These pictographs side are in a side-canyon off the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. This canyon, we were told by our guide Seth, had been inhabited continuously for 8000 years. These ...

I had a great opportunity last week when I rafted the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. George Wendt from Oars.com had been a guest on Rafting Down the Grand Canyon – ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Brad Hugg soon to be the host of the Colorado Podcast about his state. He talks about the cities on the frontal range and gives us a ...