Category: Travel
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I am Indiana Jones…er Colorado Jones, at least
While most of you have discovered my blog because of cooking, I was a travel writer long before anyone called me “chef.” Because I have an insatiable thirst for adventure. One of my favorite places in all the world is a little town in Colorado called Glenwood Springs, perched at the west end of a…
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Big Creek Cave Falls…the EASY way!
I’ve been exploring the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas since I was 19. There’s no place on earth like it…ancient mountains, thundering waterfalls, pristine rivers, deep and mysterious caves. After after 30 or so trips there, one might start to think that one had explored it all. But recently I became intrigued by an image I…
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Burning Man 2013: Part 1
And now it’s time…the main event. Burning Man. This was my 5th “Burn” and the more often I get asked, “What is Burning Man?” the more at a loss for words I am. When you ask that question to one of the 65,000+ “Burners,” you’ll get 65,000+ different answers. “It’s an art festival.” “It’s the…
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Burning Man 2013, The Pilgrimage: Part 3
So as you know, I’ve been back from Burning Man for nearly a week, but my travel schedule during that time got so hectic I had to stop blogging. I came home to a broken air conditioner, miscellaneous plumbing crises, and a catering event, so I’m JUST now starting to come up for air and…
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Burning Man 2013: The Pilgrimage, part 2
Day 3 of our pilgrimage to Burning Man, and since Ross hadn’t laid eyes on the Grand Canyon since he was a little kid, I decide it will be well worth the hour and a half drive from Flagstaff to show it to him the BenStarr way. I have to say that when it comes…
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Burning Man 2013: The Pilgrimage, part 1
It begins. My annual pilgrimage to Burning Man. I’ll explain more about Burning Man in a later blog, because right now, it’s about the journey there. And boy, was I ready to be on the road. The last month has been nothing but frantic preparation for Burning Man. Way more than normal. In the past…