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LOCAL COLOR XC IN ROADS & KINGDOMS

June 15, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

It seemed like a good way to kill two birds with one stone: make sure the trailer was road-ready and running on all cylinders, and finally give the Western Hemisphere's largest man-made forest its due.

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June 15, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
travel, travel writing, roads & kingdoms, anthony bourdain, nebraska, Nebraska National Forest, halsey, charles bessey, botany, forest
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Local Color: Atlanta

February 13, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Local Color

My mom and I agreed that she would visit while Carson was away on his trip. I could have certainly stayed by myself in Elsie for the five days he was gone. But we'd had a rough month, and when she offered to come I felt relieved. 

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February 13, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
atlanta, atl, peach city, tourism, visiting, travel, travel guide, where i travel, passport, travel usa
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Local Color XC in USA Today

February 02, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

Local Color XC featured in the USA Today travel section!

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February 02, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
travel writing, travel blog, travel, USA Today, newspaper, roadtrip
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Local Color: New Mexico

January 20, 2016 by Carson Vaughan in Local Color

The landscape seemed to calm itself as we drove east, heart rate settling down. The scrubby and scaly silhouettes of the Patagonia and Santa Rita mountains gave way to long, flat valleys punctuated now and then by a single hill or bluff.

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January 20, 2016 /Carson Vaughan
New Mexico, state parks, travel, white sands, NPS, mexican food, carson
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Local Color: Arizona

December 28, 2015 by Carson Vaughan in Local Color

I once had a professor who announced to class that if he were forced to wipe one city from the map, there would be no struggle. The choice was obvious: Phoenix, Arizona. I thought that was pretty funny, because I knew nothing about Phoenix, and nothing about Arizona.

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December 28, 2015 /Carson Vaughan
arizona, travel, camping, local color, travel guide
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Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2015 by Melissa Dohmen in Local Color

Merry Christmas from Local Color XC!

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December 25, 2015 /Melissa Dohmen
christmas, white sands, sledding, travel
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