As part of my summer series - Travel Oracles 50 States - I am revisiting each os the fifty American states as an overview on travel culture and history. Today: Colorado

One of the gems I return to every time I go see family in Colorado

With the return of HBO’s ‘Deadwood’ movie, it had me thinking about why I connected with the series in the first place and how it reminded me of family in Cripple Creek, Colorado

If you follow my writing, you know that I have recently spent a considerable amount of time traveling around the Southwest over the past few years. While it’s true I spent my childhood summers in Colorado and New Mexico to see family - miles away from where I grew up in Western Canada - to visit my wonderful Grandmother and family friends, but did not understand how deep our roots went here - and in America - until research and genetic revelations much later in adulthood. It’s funny how some places have always felt so familiar, without logical explanation.

My mother’s family has been in Colorado (& New Mexico) for many generations, and we would return to explore the state every summer. Continuing the tradition, I can’t believe the growth and changes in just a few years in Denver and Boulder, Colorado.

As a 4th generation Coloradoan, our editor shares some highlights from her recent adventure in both Colorado and New Mexico.