Editor’s note: In June, Front Porch featured a Park Hill family leaving for an eight-month journey. This month, we checked in with Brittany Ballard about how she, her husband Saxon Kincy, and their two children are adapting to life far away from home.
Travel
Denver Drivers Will See Closures on Quebec Street
Drivers who use Quebec Street in northeast Denver will see closures starting December 2. The work is being done to add sidewalks in the area along Quebec between 12th Ave. and Montview Blvd. The traffic signal at 17th Ave. will also be upgraded.
Why We’re Hearing More Train Horns in NE Denver
A demand for copper is creating travel issues for commuters along the Regional Transportation District’s lines and neighbors may be hearing more train horns because of the thefts.
Semi-Nomadic Lifestyle Suits this NE Denver Family
For the Lockwoods, travel is not just about the destination. The journey itself is valuable.
Fastest Land Animal Might Not Outrun Extinction
“We are on the cusp of cheetahs no longer having a viable breeding population,” says Tim Spalla. “We’re destroying their landscapes more and more every day. Once a human has touched a cheetah, it can never go back to the wild. Even the cheetahs we’ve been rescuing in Somalia can never be re-wilded. They either go to a zoo or a sanctuary—and cheetahs don’t breed in captivity.”
3 Huge Civic Projects in NE Denver: How did the pandemic impact them?
While some of us ate, slept, worked, schooled, and recreated within the same four walls for much of the past year, NE Denver residents who frequented I-70 from Brighton Blvd. to the airport saw massive changes.
Normandy: With Kids
If you’ve never undertaken a long bike trip, the Goldstein family’s visit to Normandy, France suggests it can be an especially meaningful way to experience another country, provided your children are old enough to propel themselves.
Helping Build Medical Capacity in Tanzania “Without Creating Dependency or Harming the Dignity of the People”
Based on her experience as the International Ministry Program Lead for SCL Health, Michas suggests that Western practitioners have much to learn from Tanzanians’ more holistic conception of health, which addresses an individual’s physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
Cultural Travel: Dominican Republic With Kids
It’s our first international trip as a family of four. The Dominican Republic seems like a good fit.
Africa: Expanding Students’ Horizons
An Ebola outbreak did not stop eight DSST-Montview seniors from participating in a school-sponsored trip to Rwanda and Uganda this summer.
Destination Japan with Kids
This summer, we decided to go beyond our usual visits to my Japanese mother’s relatives, and take the children (ages 10 and 8) on a bit of a history tour: Hiroshima; The Floating Shrine; Traditions by the Sea of Japan; and more.
Tanzania’s Hadza say: “We Think You’re Lost”
Photographer Mike Holtby got rare access to view and photograph the Hadzabe (Hadza) tribe, the last hunter gatherer tribe in Tanzania. This communal and egalitarian society does not value private property, and does not want modern technology or even farming to interfere with their values and traditions, says Holtby.














