It’s mid-October, which means that Colorado’s aspens must be fully in bloom. It also means that it’s been one full year since my last visit to the state – a visit that marked a much-needed return after a 16-year voluntary exile (see Time Travel: This One’s Personal) and that followed an invitation I received to stay at Gateway Canyons Resort, playground to Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks (see Gateway Canyons: A Curious Place). Though articles, like life, happen when they’re supposed to, I’m happy to have at long last published my story on the stay, written for the October issue of Virtuoso Traveler.