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| Next
Stop: Colorado episodes |
| #1- We
take you whitewater rafting on the Colorado River and pay a visit
to the Old West at Rimrock Adventures in Fruita.
Then it is up to the Grand Mesa for Color Sunday
and we wrap things up with the beautiful Rifle Falls. |
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| #2- Colorado
National Monument, learn about its geological significance,
meet the man who helped get it its National
Monument status and we will showcase the Rim Rock Run over the
monument. |
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| #3- We
will take you to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
for one of the most dramatic geographic places in the state. Then
it's on to the tranquil magic of the Western Colorado Botanical
Gardens. We wrap things up with a lesson in Colorado history with
the story of Ouray and Chipeta from the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose. |
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| #4- We take you to one of the most secluded, yet beautiful places
in the state, Hanging Lake.
Then it's rock climbing in Unaweep Canyon and a final stop in Glenwood
Springs and the grave site of one of the most famous names of the
Old West, Doc Holliday. |
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| #5- We
take you to one of the most exclusive resorts in the world, an
oxygen bar at 11,000 feet at the Aspen Mountain Ski Resort. Then
it's a Colorado
tradition, holiday shopping at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder
and we head back across the Continental Divide for ice fishing
on the Grand
Mesa at Vega Lake. |
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| #6- We
hit the ice at Georgetown Lake in Clear Creek County with the
Our Gang Jeep Club for some racing of a different kind, then a visit
to the
Museum of Western Colorado's Dinosaur Journey and then back to
the Colorado high country to the Phoenix Mine, a still functioning
gold
mine and part of Colorado's history. |
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| #7- It's
a visit to Clear Creek County. We hit Loveland Ski Area, the Indian
Springs Resort, the Historic
Rose Street Bed and Breakfast and the Tommyknocker Brewery.
There is plenty to do and see in Georgetown and Idaho
Springs.
We also take you behind the scenes at the Cabaret Dinner
Theater in Grand Junction. |
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| #8- We go ice climbing at the Ouray
Ice Park, then we head to Grand Junction to visit Enstrom's Almond
Toffee, a Colorado
candy tradition, and wrap things up back in Ouray to the historic
Beaumont Hotel. |
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| #9- We have a surprise for you this week with
a historic look at four people who changed the face of Western
Colorado. Find out who they are on this edition of Next Stop: Colorado. |
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| #10- We show you some of the most beautiful bodies of water in the state |
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| #11- We
take you to Vail for the history of skiing in Colorado. From the sports
early origins in the 1800's to the contributions of the men and women
of the 10th Mountain Division in World war II, to cross country skiing
in the Colorado High Country, learn more about skiing in our state. |
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| #12- We take you to Boulder to The Spot, the world's largest indoor
rock climbing facility. Then
it's on to Golden and a trip
back in time at the "Buffalo Bill" Cody museum, and then back
to the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. |
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| #13- We start out with a day with Colorado Discover
Ability, a group that helps people with special challenges enjoy
everything the state has to offer, then a behind the scenes tour
of the Moss Performing
Arts Center on the Mesa State College campus, we wrap things up
with a trip back in time to the Boulder History Museum |
