Cross-Country Road Trip: Day Five, 8/19/12

Day 5 was spent mostly recuperating from our long travels, enjoying Roosevelt National Forest, and catching up with good friends not seen in months.  The drive on the mountain via CO-119 is stunningly beautiful. The sun hits the clouds just right and creates the perfect ridge silhouette. The houses and cabins lining Barker Reservoir reflect...

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Cross-Country Road Trip: Day Four, 8/18/12

There are four recurring themes throughout the drive from Kansas to Colorado: windmills, fire caution signs, sunflower farms, and overly-bizarre points of interest. Approaching Oakley, KS, we saw sign after sign for Prairie Dog Town: "5-legged steer," "Largest prairie dog in the world," "Russian Wild Boar," "Live rattle snakes." I had been to Prairie Dog...

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Cross-Country Road Trip: Day Three, 8/17/12

We kicked off Day 3 by having breakfast with our good friends Mansi and Toni at The Lunch Box, Lexington, KY. We hadn't seen them in months, and this was a great place to meet. There's a children's play corner, which kept the rest of the restaurant relatively peaceful for a nice catch-up. The food itself was excellent. We're talking mouthwatering cheesy grits,...

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