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Gram Parsons
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Americana musician Gram Parsons overdosed in Room 8 of the Joshua Tree Inn in 1973. [/xf_textblock]
Joshua Tree Inn
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] The Joshua Tree Inn, located in Joshua Tree, California, offers a laid-back, authentic retreat for lovers of the High Desert. Book Room 8, and you might commune with the spirit of Gram Parsons, the seminal Americana musician. Visit their Facebook page here. [/xf_textblock]
The Joshua Tree of the North Fork
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] The upright, looping branches at the top of these pear trees have a zoomorphic quality that somewhat brings to mind the Joshua Trees of the Mojave Desert, in southeastern California. [/xf_textblock]
Pumpkin-Carving Inspiration
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] What to do with your pumpkins once you get them home? Here’s some pumpkin-carving inspiration in the form of a cheerful carousel jack-o’-lantern. [/xf_textblock]
Crabs
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Colorado Route 82
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Colorado Route 82, which winds up the edge of the Rocky Mountains on its way over Independence Pass, is one of the great drives in North America, with spectacular, vertiginous dropoffs and hairpin turns sharp enough to slow you down to 10 MPH. Note that vehicle size restrictions …
Independence Pass
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] When visiting Leadville, Colorado, drive over nearby Independence Pass, the highest-elevation paved crossing of the Continental Divide in the country. Motorists who make the 6% upgrade and negotiate the hairpin turns on the way up are rewarded by an ample parking area at the top of the pass, …
Leadville
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Wickham’s Fruit Farm recommends Leadville, Colorado. With an elevation over 10,000 feet above sea level, Leadville is notable for being one of the highest-altitude incorporated municipalities in the United States. Leadville hosts a mountain-bike race and tubing on the Arkansas River. The town features a historic opera house, house …
Colonnade Row
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] When visiting the Merchants House Museum in Manhattan, be sure and walk by Colonnade Row, the series of columned rowhouses located on the 400 block of Lafayette Street, around the corner from the Merchant’s House, near the Cooper Union. The rowhouses are not open to the public, but …