AAA Stories

Remember road trips you took as a kid, a young adult, or even as a parent or grandparent? 2020 made those experiences harder to come by, but it didn’t eliminate them. Four AAA members share their memories of the new adventures they discovered.

In 1859, more than 100,000 prospectors, known as “Fifty-Niners,” searched for riches in America’s second largest mining pandemonium. Strike it rich with history and outdoor adventure in Colorado’s historic mining towns of Breckenridge, Leadville, and Aspen.

Colorado’s Rocky Mountain region is blessed with clear skies, high altitude, and public lands, which makes it an ideal spot for stargazing. With several International Dark-Sky locations across the state, many Coloradans are packing up the family and taking to the road to discover these nightly demonstrations of incredible astronomy.

Gracie Sorbello Cole, our Spotlight member for this edition, recently shared with EnCompass the story of how she converted her family’s beloved bus into an award-winning electric vehicle, and how AAA has helped her out along the way.