Rocky Mountain Region

Travel in the Rocky Mountain Region: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho

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One-year blogging anniversary

Roxie on the Road celebrates one-year blogging anniversary Today, July 14, 2020, is Roxie on the Road’s one-year blog anniversary. Where has the time gone? Wherever it’s gone, we have come a long way, baby. Here is a look back at 10 memorable moments in our first year: Highlights at our one-year blogging anniversary For […]

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Top 10 reasons to enjoy Florissant Fossil Beds

Escape to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Here are 10 great reasons to visit Colorado’s sequoia trees. Sequoias don’t grow in Colorado now. But they once did. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument preserves a forest of petrified sequoia stumps. For the rest of the story, we have to enter geologic time. Volcanic tantrum preserves Florissant

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13 perfect Southeast Montana day trips

Billings promotes itself as Montana’s Trailhead. Therefore, let’s take Billings at its word and enjoy a Great American Road Trip through Southeast Montana attractions. We’ll visit the West’s most famous battlefield, see William Clark’s carved signature, ride in a national recreation area, and enjoy terrific scenery. Finally, we’ll visit an alpaca farm. Table of contents

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Things to do around Devils Tower are terrific

Top things to do around Devils Tower in the Black Hills Devils Tower is the icon of the Northern Black Hills. Even though the national monument is across the Wyoming state line, touring the Black Hills without seeing Devils Tower is like eating pizza without cheese — or mashed potatoes without gravy. The drive from

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The War Horse tells Burlington carousel history

Life on a roller coaster I’m the Kit Carson County Carousel’s War Horse from Burlington, Colo. We, the carousel’s animals, have endured rejection many times, prolonged suffocation, and theft. But, we have also enjoyed acceptance, restoration, and celebration. Ironically, our company, Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC), still makes roller coasters. But, sadly, they no longer make

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