One night in Joplin, MO
Joplin is a medium-sized town on Route 66 near the interstate. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Bonnie and Clyde...
One night in Dodge City, KS
After leaving Denver, we started hightailing it across the Midwest toward home, picking kind of random places to spend our...
One night in Denver, CO (visit #3)
Snow was coming! We went to Denver a day early so we could turn east for home ahead of the...
One night in Breckenridge, CO
After visiting the charming ski towns of Telluride and Crested Butte, we were excited to experience one more before turning...
Two days in Durango, CO (visit #2)
Durango was one of our favorite stops on Big Trip #1, to the point where we wondered if we could...
One night in Ouray, CO
Ouray is right down the road from Ridgway, on the way to our next destination–a favorite from Big Trip #1—Durango....
One night at Ridgway State Park, CO
Ridgway State Park has been on our wish list map since our first Big Trip in 2016, and it made...
Six days in Crested Butte, CO
Crested Butte is our new favorite place! Our planned three-day stay turned into six. Luckily for our trip-extending needs, we...
One night in Montrose, CO (visit #2)
I’ve been on a nice little roll knocking out several quickie posts where we stayed places for a night or...
One night in Telluride, CO
We were supposed to have two nights in Telluride, but we screwed up the dates and missed our first night,...