http://www.travelstar.org Real stories of travel adventure. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:07:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (By Josh) The day after staying at Casa de Los Pasajeros, Tony had arranged for us to stay a night at an Earthship in the Greater World Community called Helio House. We ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=49 (By Edie) Driving through Taos on Friday morning was quite an adventure. Due to the lack of visibly named streets we managed to find ourselves lost, driving back and forth from Paseo ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=48 Setting foot into the courtyard of Taos Skin Care was like entering a secret garden set off of one of the main roads of Taos (which isn't saying much because Taos' main roads are pretty small). The ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=47 (By Josh) Having caught the last possible lift at 3:59pm up the mtn at Sipapu, I gleefully boarded down and landed the last jump of the season. I unstrapped and tip toed ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=46 (By Edie) After the sunset I thought it would be nice to take a long soak in the bathtub I had seen earlier on our tour of the house. I ran a ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=45 (By Josh) On our second day, we decided to just lounge. We found ourselves just hanging out, lying on the magic dream catcher bed, listening to the wind whisper past the house. At home I live on a busy street with noisy traffic speeding ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=44 Upon our arrival at Artist B we were greeted with a breathtaking view of a snow-covered Santa Fe. The warm tones of the adobe architecture below were complimented with fresh glistening snow. From the yard, we watched the magical New Mexico sunset, sparkling ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=43 After leaving Luna Vineyards, we headed the Marquis back down toward Oakland for our flight out. It was getting into early evening by the time we reached the Bay area. The night lights shone as we navigated back toward Oakland International Airport. We returned the Marquis, caught a shuttle to ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=42 Luna is a stunning vineyard set on the largest single planting of Pinot Grigio grapes in Northern California. As we stepped up to the tasting bar in Luna's lovely hospitality room, our host, Joyce McCollum, poured us some of ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=41 The story of Darioush winery is one of passion and dreams. Darioush Khaledi grew up in Iran's Shiraz region. His father made wine as a hobby, and as young boy, Khaledi used to sneak sips from the barrel. As ... http://www.travelstar.org/?p=40