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trail
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.
play/ground (with tree)
If this centrifugal force death machine somehow fails at its job, there are about a million stickers in the grass and they are ready to take over.
Playgrounds! So much fun! So much danger!!
Haswell, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2024
the night trucks
In case you find yourself in La Veta on a Tuesday night, you should know that the country club is going to be the only place for dinner. You should also know that it’s worth the 4 minute drive from town.
And I can also verify the fact that if you want to walk around downtown after that delicious dinner not only will you have made TWO good choices, but you can also see this delightful spot, right on the corner of Main Street and Ryus Avenue.
La Veta, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
the font on the wall
What can I say? If I’d been able to place the light exactly where I wanted it to be, it would be have been this arrangement.
Stations of the Cross Shrine
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
enforcement
We planned an entire trip (eight nights on the road) that was built around someone telling us that there was a great little restaurant in Burlington, Colorado. We’re up for a trip and thought we could drive up one day, eat dinner that night, and come home the next.
Only…then we added Oklahoma City because I had to be there anyway. Then we tacked on a few nights in Santa Fe for reasons that mostly dealt with another place to eat and added some other nights in places and before you knew it, we’d turned it into The Most Random Trip Ever (with food)™.
Really, why do anything the normal way when you can make it complicated?
Burlington, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2024
PS: Burlington has about 3,000 residents; one of them is the fancy chef over at the Dish Room who’ll make you a delicious dinner.
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