Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
We so did Day 4 well! I didn’t wake up in the best mood. Last night’s accommodations didn’t quite meet my standard and the free continental breakfast didn’t appeal to me at all. Fortunately, Zak searched for the nearest Starbucks and found one not too out of the way on our way to Bandelier. The […]
Read More Day 4: Bandelier and the Manhattan Project“I got that sunshine in my pocket Got that good soul in my feet” – Justin Timberlake Today’s stop, Bandelier National Monument, was one of those parks that left me wanting more. As I mentioned a couple days ago our original plan to backpack here had to be nixed due to the high fire danger. […]
Read More Can’t Stop The Feeling!“Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you” – Gordon Lightfoot With three NPS sites in one day, day three of RTXVIII was absolutely packed. Molly and I are sitting by a lovely pool on a lovely night outside Santa Fe, NM, but I’m exhausted so I’m going to do my best to […]
Read More Carefree Highway“… I find holy redemption When I put this car in drive Roll the windows down and turn up the dial” -Maren Morris Can I get a Hallelujah, an Amen? Today deserves one of each. Even though it was eight and a half hours of driving, today started actually feeling like RTXVIII. Maybe my Kansas […]
Read More My Church“And I love you dear, but just how long Can I keep singing the same old song I’m going back to Kansas City” – The New Basement Tapes #RTXVIII has finally begun!!! Usually day one of our road trips is the least exciting day. This year, however, we couldn’t help but repeatedly ask the question […]
Read More Kansas City“One day we’ll all be free” -Matisyahu Not even one day, but less than 12 hours until we’re on the road! The last few days have been a blur of finishing school and preparing for #RTXVIII, but our bags are packed and we’re ready to go. The house is cleaned, the lawn is mowed, every […]
Read More One DayThis year’s trip will take us to the Southwest with stops throughout New Mexico and Arizona plus Southern Utah and Western & Central Colorado. Road Trip 2018 on Roadtrippers !function(d,l,h,w,id){var a = d.getElementById(id);var ifr = d.createElement(“iframe”);ifr.src = l;ifr.height = h;ifr.width = w; ifr.scrolling = “no”; a.parentNode.insertBefore(ifr, a);a.parentNode.removeChild(a);}(document,”https://roadtrippers.com/embedded/trips/16816545″,300,480,”embed-16816545″); This was a tough trip to plan since […]
Read More The WayIn yesterday’s Pretrip Interview post I mentioned that the thing I’m most afraid of for this trip is the heat. What we left out of that post was that we were writing it from our neighborhood bar since it is air conditioned and our house isn’t. It’s been so hot here lately that the hour […]
Read More It’s Getting Hot in HereWhat car activity are you most looking forward to? z: I am most looking forward to audiobooks and playing car games like rubberneckers with Ellie. Z: When driving singing along with the Road Trip playlist. I think I might be the only family member who sings along to every song, but that’s really the only […]
Read More Pretrip InterviewAbout a week ago we hit the six-months-to-go mark! There’s always a bit of excitement in knowing that we’re over half-way through the year and that the next departure is closer than the last. This year I was able to get our initial plans and reservations made pretty early, so it’s been a couple months […]
Read More 6 Month Frenzy