VOLUME 87 ISSUE 3 MAY/JUNE 2013 Features Departments
08 I President’s Message • ‘Are you safe?’ By Tony DeNovellis
11 I How to reach us • Telephone numbers • Website addresses • Offi ce locations and hours
12 I Safe Roads • Live to see another day
20 I Auto Talk • Don’t wait for a battery to fail
Room at the Jackson Lake Lodge offers stunning views of Grand Tetons National Park, Wyo.
22 I Insurance Talk • First the fi res, now fl oods
51 I yourAAA: Member Benefi ts News
14 I Colorado Talk
Drive-in movie theaters once dotted Colorado’s Front Range, but the housing boom overtook them. A few remain—some thriving, others endangered. By Debi Boucher
24 I Colorado fun!
33 summertime activities for all generations and every interest around 11 Colorado ski communities, from Durango to Steamboat, Crested Butte to Vail. By Dan Leeth
32 I Grand spaces
The author of a PBS book on National Park lodges recommends driving from Colorado to Montana, through four parks, each with its historic hotels. By Christine Barnes
38 I Downton Abbey and beyond
Nothing on the hit TV series Downton Abbey prepared me for the castle’s sheer spectacle of marble pillars and soaring arches of chandeliers and heraldic shields. By Laurel Kallenbach
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EnCompassMag.com EnCompass May/June 2013 5 Colorado fun! BY AAA COLORADO MAY/JUNE 2013 • Roadside anytime
52 I Colorado Events • Your NEWLY expanded guide to upcoming Colorado events.
56 I My Colorado photos • Photo contest winners submitted by AAA Colorado members.
33 summertime activities at 11 ski resorts p. 24
National Park lodges p. 32
Downton Abbey p. 38
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On the Cover
Illustration of fun Colorado summertime activities. © Mathew McFarren.
© David M. Morris
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