Trailheaders: a blog about travel and hiking
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Five Best Luggage Backpacks for Women Travelers
Wearing a backpack as luggage isn’t just a way to travel, it’s a way of life. Hoisting and hauling all your possessions for the duration of a trip connects more deeply to the experience overall. It’s attached to you, literally, unlike pulling a suitcase. As a backpack traveler, your pack may become your cuddly sleeping…
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Volcanoes and Cliff Dwellings Road Trip: Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico
How about a road trip south from Denver to southern Colorado and northern New Mexico? This route is often overlooked in favor of “heading west” from Denver over the Continental Divide, but the scenery south is no less spectacular, albeit in a different way. On this road trip, alternate between volcanoes and cliff dwellings in…
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Tour the Allman Brothers Band House in Macon, Georgia
The house is big, but the legend is bigger. Visit the Allman Brothers Band (ABB) Museum in Macon, Georgia, and you’ll see for yourself. It’s called The Big House, after all. Band members and their significant others rented it in 1970 with some of their earliest proceeds after signing with Macon-based Capricorn Records. The Big…
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Hiking in Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia
If you’re stationed in Warner Robins or otherwise find yourself in Middle Georgia, there’s a great place to hike in the footsteps of indigenous people dating back 17,000 years: Ocmulgee National Monument. This free-entry area offers a natural and historical experience with plenty of parking, gentle trails and ample signage. SPOILER ALERT: what you’ll be…
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#WhyIMarch is a Lot Like Why I Travel
[Author’s note: I’m resharing this post a year later on the eve of the 2nd Women’s March. This year, I’ll attend in Nevada due to my current locale. Think about how we blew their minds last year. But it’s still time to resist and persist! Best wishes for safety and solidarity to my fellow Marchers,…
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Airbnb Will Collect and Remit Occupancy Taxes in Colorado
Received January 13, 2017 from Airbnb Good news: collecting and remitting taxes is about to get easier for hosts. We’re happy to announce that starting on February 01, 2017, Airbnb will begin collecting and remitting the following tax(es) on behalf of Airbnb hosts with listings in Colorado State: Colorado State Sales and Use Tax Colorado-collected…
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Chinook-y: Yurt Life in High Wind
Last month, when the temperatures dipped well into the negative degrees Fahrenheit, I thought, “I’m so glad I just moved out of the yurt!” Last week, as I dug my car out of a foot of snow to get to work, I thought, “I’m so glad I moved out of the yurt!” And yesterday at…
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Fat Bottom Girls, You Make the Rocket World Go ‘Round
This goes out to everyone who’s wondered if they measure up (or down) enough. By attending the GOES-R Satellite launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, I was completing a bucket list item. More than that though, I want to help tell the story of why space exploration still matters, matters more than ever. Since Colorado is consistently…
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Did I Mention I Live in a Yurt?
Wrapping up lunch at Denver Biscuit Company on Colfax Avenue, I said to my companion something about my latest living situation, a rented yurt. She teased, “Way to bury the lead! You live in a YURT?” It was just that we had a lot of other neat stuff to catch up on, so housing didn’t come…
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Host Airbnb
Being an Airbnb Host is a way to earn some extra money while you travel or meet travelers in your own community. Want to be part of one of the most innovative movements the travel industry has ever seen? Want to help others experience more of the world without breaking the bank? Want to show off…
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Drive Across California for a Tree, Plus Twenty-Nine
Looking at the map, it’s easy to see that there are many natural spaces close to San Diego like Anza-Borrego or Torrey Pines State Parks. But since it was National Parks Week, I chose Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR) for my Spring in SoCal Roadtrip, a three and a half hour drive from where I was in…
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Only Sort of Solo in San Diego
One of the secrets of solo travel is that you rarely have to be solo. While you might choose to book the trip or literally do the traveling part alone, it seems rare to be all alone on a trip unless you choose to be. For example, I recently took a solo trip to San…
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Five Years and One Day
It’s been five years since my first solo trip. It was my dream to go to Machu Picchu, so I went. Well, first I went to Houston, Lima, Cuzco, Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes. But then I finally made it to the ancient Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. It was everything I hoped it would be…
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This Site is Under Construction
Welcome to Trailheaders 2.0 The redesign of this blog is underway, but that shouldn’t keep the content from living. I’m building the site and learning something new about WordPress every time I hit “refresh.” Thanks for your patience while I rebuild to best share this story.
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