November/December 2010
EnCompass Magazine

  • Features:
    • Mini Tour: Lost Valley Ranch
      The cowboy way of life can be found in abundance at this AAA Four Diamond green oasis amid an otherworldly fire zone.
      By Tom Hess
    • Happiest Place on Earth?
      Visiting two Disney parks, with and without the kids, answers this question in some surprising ways.
      By Steve Rushin
    • Keeping Watch
      Despite stormy weather in the winter, Depoe Bay, Oregon is the ideal spot to watch gray whales as they migrate to the warm waters of Mexico.
      By Laurel Kallenbach
    • Colorado Explorer
      Your Colorado guide to attractions, events, dining, shopping and all the rest this state has to offer. This issue’s featured topic: Guest ranches.
      By Linda DuVal
    • My Colorado
      Special Colorado memories by our readers. This issue: “Memories of old Cripple Creek” by Vevalee Padilla.

      • Web Extras
      Horsing Around
      The sleigh arrives, covered with bales of hay. I hop on and into the pasture we ride. It’s gritty work, and I exit the cart with enough residue clinging to my Levis to turn me into a human haysicle. We’re duding it up at Vista Verde, a guest ranch 19 miles north of Steamboat Springs.
      By Dan Leeth

      Traveling with a health condition
      On a sunny Sunday in Estes Park, a gaunt man self-consciously attached an IV bag to the top of his open car door and hooked it to his stomach tube. In his fight against stage 4 throat cancer, he was happier than he had been in months: he was traveling again. Can you keep traveling with serious health problems? The answer is a qualified yes. Given the right preparations, care and precautions, patients and their caregivers can find renewal and life-sustaining joy from the right trip.
      By Jeff Miller

  • Departments
    • In Every Issue

      • President's Message
        Our goal: Five Diamond transportation modes. By Tony DeNovellis.

      • Member Feedback
        • Cost of a DUI
        • Monument Valley
        • Alferd or Alfred?
      • Safe Roads
        • How safe do you feel?
      • Travel Tips & Trends
        • A garden lover’s England
        • Pearl Harbor visitor center gets an upgrade
        • Free skiing for Colorado kids
        • Arts for free in D.C.
        • The French fry express?
        • Florida beaches: oil-free and open
        • Happy birthday, Colorado State Patrol
      • AutoTalk
        • Get ready for winter
      • Know AAA
        • Save on bags and accessories
        • Colorado teen driver website
        • Holiday home safety
        • Death of a battery
        • AAA Discounts app for Android
        • 3 car insurance myths
        • Colorado GEM: Garden of the Gods