Yes, we’re going through the canal, one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. We’ll experience first-hand what it’s like to be raised 85 feet through a series of locks. Talk about cool! We will also explore the beautiful sights of Panama City.
We’ll then board the bus for Costa Rica - the [...]
Cool facts about the Panama Canal
Since it opened August 15, 1914 more than 960,000 ships have transited the Canal. (That’s almost 1 million!)
It takes a ship an average of 8-10 hours to transit through the Canal.
A ship saves 7,860 nautical miles when traveling from New York to San Francisco through the Canal instead of [...]
We have been hard at work ironing out the details of the Spanish Missions trip and after looking it over all I can is one thing…wow! This trip will truly hit the highlights of northern New Mexico and will be full of history and culture.
Our first day will be a long drive to the [...]
As a 15 year old boy, John Goddard, world famous adventurer (and good friend of Museum of Western Colorado’s Executive Director, Mike Perry), sat down one rainy day and drew up “My Life List” - a list of 127 goals he wished to experience or achieve in his [...]
This year we have an outstanding array of trips for you. From one end of the globe to the other… we’ll see and hear glaciers calve… go leaf-peeping and sample Vermont maple syrup… hike into fabulous canyons… examine historic and prehistoric artifacts both inside and out. We’ll see wildlife in Alaska and Costa [...]
Then join our day trip this Saturday, November 7 to the Gateway Auto Museum. Our route will take us on the takes us on the fabulous Unaweep-Tabagauche Scenic and Historic Byway. We’ll tour one of the world’s finest collections of vintage automobiles and enjoy lunch on the scenic grounds of the Museum. The registration deadline [...]
The registration deadline for this trip has been extended to October 8!
Journey with the Museum of Western Colorado on trip to some of the most storied, mysterious and breathtaking Anasazi sites in the American Southwest. We will visit Colorado’s own Mesa Verde, study the puzzles and questions surrounding Chaco Canyon, drive into the heart [...]
On Saturday, August 22, a group of Museum friends discovered the unique and beautiful Rifle Falls State Park. Coyote Trail took us by grottos of travertine limestone, through tunnels of boxalder, and over Rifle Falls, a beautiful triple falls that once supplied all the power for the city of Rifle. This almost tropical environment is [...]
What is the most photographed place in the world? According to our Forest Service guide it is the Maroon Bells near Aspen Colorado. I’m not sure how one would know that and it doesn’t even matter for “The Bells,” as they are locally known, ARE the most picturesque of any mountains in the country and [...]
Our latest trip of the Discover our Local Museums series went to Telluride Historical Museum. It rained pretty much the whole time but that didn’t dampen the spirits of our group of eighteen.
The highlight of the trip was, of course, the Telluride Blanket. The blanket is approximately 800 years old and the most beautiful example [...]