2 Days and We Are Home

On the way out Thursday morning, we stopped by Dogtooth Coffee again. The drive out of CO Springs was both sad and anticipated. I kept looking back in the side view mirror for that "last glimpse" of the Colorado Rockies. Finally, the departure from the mountains passed and we were headed east into the endless horizon of Colorado-Kansas great plains!

We arrived in St. Louis late Wednesday night at a Super 8 hotel that I was able to make reservations using the contact information on my Garmin nuvi. We slept and then departed early Thursday morning. We made great time and the drive was smooth with no interruptions. We arrived home around 5 PM. There were no pictures taken during the drive home except for one taken with my cell phone (My batteries in my camera were dead).

It was very nice to come home to a place that also has mountains and many opportunities for outdoor adventures. The trip seems like it started so long ago, but at the same time went so fast! Did we really go or not? What did we do?

A big part of the trip was posting the updates on this blog. All of which was a very enjoyable part of this adventure. Something therapeutic about drinking that morning coffee and updating the blog.

Several people have asked me about information from our trip. Here is a short list.

We camped at Lightner Creek Campground while staying in Durango. This was a great experience, both "roughing" it and convenient.

Durango Fireworks are best viewed from Tech Center Drive. The shoot them off about 300 yards north of this location.

Super 8 Motels are the best deal across the country. Not a bad stay for around $60! Clean too!


View Larger MapHere is a Google Map of some of the locations of interest of our trip. We did not get to all the locations we had hoped to, but we did get to most of them.