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Tips for Visiting Meow Wolf as an Adult
Meow Wolf, an immersive hippy experience for all ages, is especially enjoyable for adults when they follow these tips.
Walking in the Rain, Comfortably and Safely
How to Walk in the Rain Safely Enjoy Walking in the Rain As colder temperatures start returning across the U.S., so will our seasons' precipitation of rain, sleet, snow, and the hundreds of other nouns we use for the wet stuff. Regardless of the wetness, each type of...
How to Take a Free Walking Tour
"Free Walking Tours" Explained and Reviewed If you've traveled recently to major cities and you're a walker, you've likely come across the ubiquitous "Free Walking Tour." Although these tours are not necessarily all run by the same company, the business model is...
Bombas Sock Review After Five Years!
There’s more than one reason to wear Bombas. Starting with great wear and fit, there’s also…
5 Cheap Good Mexican Places near Central Park (Stapleton Northfield)
Good Mexican Places near Central Park (Stapleton) Download an interactive walking guide of these eateries. Be still my beating heart. I have found not one, but five!, great, Mexican places near my home in Central Park (Stapleton) at Northfield. Just off 72nd and...
Google Fi Service Review After Three Years
What cell phone service should you use? We review Google Fi after three years of global travel, including all 50 US states.
Purchase Chris’ Books
Retirement on a golf course in Florida? Yawn. Bingo nights? No thanks. Reruns of Gilligan’s Island? Ugh.
Retirement doesn’t have to involve you and a golf course, a bingo blotter, nor a remote control. Retirement can be full of change, excitement, and fascinating new experiences.
You can become an intrepid explorer, a globe-trotting nomad, and an endless adventurer. Eat delicious treats along the Danube, track the Monarch butterfly migration in Mexico, and wander the Scottish highlands. Take language lessons, cooking lessons, dance classes.
Explore ancient and beautiful sites, make friends from all over the world, and bask in balmy temperatures all year round. You can even take cruises, hike the world’s trails, and sleep in castles.
And you can do it without breaking the bank.
This book tells you how with a little love story thrown in.
Buy today so you can start planning your getaway right now!
Travel Magic Postcards: Vignettes from the Walking Traveler
Magic happens when you travel
As the Walking Traveler, Chris has released an ebook. Available on Kindle only (you can download the free app if you don’t have a Kindle.)
Travel Magic Postcards: Vignettes from the Walking Traveler
Travel Magic appears unexpectedly, turning travels’ moments into memories. Wander-lust through these postcards from the Walking Traveler’s round-the-world adventures with the Hubs and the Tween. Read excerpts from trips to Moscow, Machu Picchu, Prague, The Galapagos, Greece, Peru, Iceland, and Germany.
The Best Urban Hikes: Denver
30 great hikes within Denver’s C-470 loop
When all you want to do is lace up your shoes and get on a trail, turn to these urban walks, which take you through 30 local nature areas with many choices that are just a few minutes’ drive from home. Varying from 2-8 miles, these routes are Denver’s best urban hikes. The trail descriptions are supplemented with maps and anecdotes that invite you to explore.
• Easy-to-follow routes along trails and through Denver’s neighborhoods
• Urban hikes for all abilities, with routes ranging from 2 to 8 miles.
• Special coverage of the 9 Creeks Loop, a 42-mile urban hike on Denver’s best trails.
Discovering Denver Parks: A Local's Guide
An intimate look at Denver’s many parks
This easy-to-use, informative, and fun guidebook covers the range of what Denver has to offer, from tiny pocket parks to expansive open space, classic park facilities to conservation zones. It even explores destination parks in the foothills just beyond the city. Each park’s listing includes:
• Icons for key features: accessibility, kid-friendly, dog-friendly, views, historic significance, public art, gardens, unpaved trails, paved trails, lakefront, riverfront, spray park/wading pool, horseback riding, and–because it’s Denver–winter sports.
• Notes for other major amenities, such as restrooms, shelters, playgrounds, and more
• Public transportation, driving, and parking directions
• Details on each park’s history and size
History and descriptive highlights such as sledding hills, water features, mountain biking paths, and more
• Ways to extend your park visit with easy add-on walks or bike rides to other nearby parks or attractions
Discovering Denver Parks will keep families, walkers, dog-lovers, and kids of all ages busy with year-round exploration and fun!
Walking Denver's Neighborhoods, 2nd Edition
From Athmar Park to Windsor, Denver’s 78 Neighborhoods
Denver, a great city to walk, has 78 neighborhoods just waiting for you to explore. From the Athmar Park Neighborhood to Windsor Neighborhood, Walking Denver’s Neighborhoods gives you the backstory of each neighborhood, read a bit about its parks, and discover a curated loop for each neighborhood, ranging from 2-5 miles long.
With an interactive map for each neighborhood, you’ll find routes and turn-by-turn directions for walking all 78 neighborhoods.
Organized alphabetically, enjoy Denver from a pedestrian point of view. Each map offers a safe, enjoyable walk through the major landmarks and parks of each neighborhood.
Learn about Denver by foot, get some exercise, and really get to know this fabulous city. With 78 neighborhoods to choose from, walk one or walk them all! Check them off as you walk the entire city and county of Denver.
This is a perfect book to set up as a challenge. Walk one neighborhood a week for more than a year, one neighborhood a day throughout the summer, or one every day until you’re done. No matter how you tackle the book, you’ll experience all that Denver can offer by foot.