Alex T writes, “Summer is chaos in Buena Vista.  Wonderful, beautiful chaos.  Warm weather and long days conspire to extend hike and bike and kayak time well into the late evening.  Folks are passing through on vacation which means barbecues, Whipple trail walks, extra visits to the hot springs and busy times for local business’.  […]

Local Buena Vista band, Carin Mari & Pony Express, who recently won first place in six categories at the Colorado County Music Awards will be performing at the Orpheum on the 4th of July. Band members Carin, Colin, and Evan Lechner were named “Best Band” and “Best Vocal Group” in the Western music category. Sixteen […]

Local Buena Vistan, Jessie Lewis, writes in A Family Journey on the Continental Divide Trail:
Have you ever done something that you thought was way out of your range of capability both physically and mentally and had it change your life? Have you ever spent time completely devoted to bettering yourself as a person? […]

This week Buena Vista will be one of six host communities to this year’s Denver Post Ride the Rockies Tour. The 2000 cyclists participating in this year’s 435 mile route will begin in Durango and then continue through Cortez, Telluride, Montrose, Crested Butte, Buena Vista, and will end in Breckenridge. This annual event, started in […]

“Just how far are you willing to drive this summer to get to your vacation spot? It’s a question on a lot of minds of people who run many of Colorado’s favorite tourist attractions. With gas prices close to the $4 a gallon mark, many are worried your answer won’t be the one they’re anxious […]

In The Guardian this week, George Monbiot explores an old paradox: Small farms produce more than big farms on a per acre basis. In some case a lot more. From the article,
“A recent study of farming in Turkey, for example, found that farms of less than one hectare are 20 times as productive […]

“If you don’t think an accordion is hip and cool, think again. Members of the Boulder Acoustic Society (BAS) are bringing together an assortment of uncommon instruments to make natural and vibrant sounds. “We use a collection of instruments that most people wouldn’t use in popular music, like the accordion, ukulele, banjo and violin,” said […]

“BalloonaVista is not a word you’ll find in the dictionary, as for the locals in Buena Vista Colorado it has become a household term. It simply means that Hot Air Balloons are coming to town again!” Rick Gaus wrote last year in an article about this event.
If you’ve ever wanted to see a hot […]

When I think of xeriscape I usually think of a home with a “yard” with no trees and nothing green around. A boulder or two may accent beds of colored gravel, with or without accompanying weeds.
As I’m thinking through and researching landscaping around our home, I’ve come to learn that xeriscape is far from the […]

If you have never had the pleasure of standing - or shall I say swaying and dancing - among a crowd of smiling faces absorbing the live performance given by Hazel Miller and her band you may just find yourself lucky come this August. For her second year in a row Hazel Miller will be […]