A couple of years ago, I needed to go from Lubbock, Texas, to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which is about a 360 mile drive. And the drive goes through two states: Texas and Oklahoma.

But also we’d heard about a good restaurant in a little town in Colorado and added that into the trip. And then we added a swing through Tesuque, New Mexico, just for the hell of it. That expanded the trip to about 1600 miles* and included five states.

Anyway, this is something that we saw along the way that we’d’ve missed going the regular way.

near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
photographed 9.4.24

*Not counting all the u-turns that photography seems to demand.