Back in Denver, my friend Suz had recommended that we stop at Colorado National Monument which was not…

We left the morning with no real hurry, following the road toward Black Canyon of the Gunnison National…

We left Denver early. Early enough that the city still felt groggy, wrapped in its weekday quiet. Highway…

We drove south through the open stretch of northeastern Colorado, skirting the edge of the Pawnee National Grasslands.…

We drove through Omaha and out into the heart of Nebraska. The land flattened out like a stretched…

We woke at a rest stop. Again. I’ve come to realize that these anonymous roadside havens, scattered like…

I didn’t expect much from Cuyahoga. Wedged between Cleveland and Akron, it often makes lists named things like…

We woke in the parking lot of the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, our little skoolie tucked among a…