From Houston via New Mexico to Colorado then across Kansas to Kentucky and Tennessee.
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 1: Honey
Trip odometer: 156 miles Highway 99 marks the edge of Houston’s urban craziness. As soon as we passed under it…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 2: Alpacas
Trip odometer: 620 miles. Today: 464 miles. Packing up to leave is so easy with this motorhome. Unplug and drive…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 3: Forest
Trip odometer: 843 miles. Today: 223 miles. This trip is a long meander, allowing us to enjoy the slow days.…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 4: Hiking
Odometer: 956 miles. Today: 113 miles. The Evening Primrose next to Arvan at the trailhead for our morning’s walk was…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 5: Wilderness
Odometer: 1083 miles. Today: 127 miles. A tame American Robin helped bring in the chilly morning. After we moaned a…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 6: Great Sand Dunes National Park
Odometer: 1,322 miles. Today: 250 miles. Saydee reminded us that we needed to look at the sand dunes at sunrise,…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Days 7-9: Samuel and Kylie in Golden
Odometer: 1,349 miles. Around Golden: 27 miles. Visiting our son and fiancée was a change of pace. We spent a…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 10: Colorado with Compassion
Odometer: 1,453 miles. Today: 104 miles. Today’s objective was a tour of Compassion International’s HQ, known as the Global Ministry…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 11: Cheyenne Mountain
Odometer: 1,563 miles. Today: 110 miles. Just southwest of Colorado Springs is a fine-looking mountain with a state park. We…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 12: The Colorado Trail
Odometer: 1,682 miles. Today: 119 miles. The Colorado Trail is a 486-mile hiking trail through the Rockies, connecting Denver with…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 13: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Yep. That’s a mouthful. It was one of the most undeveloped national parks I’ve been to, which helped make it…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 14: Peachy in Palisades
Odometer: 1,760 miles. Today: 78 miles. As we headed westward, down from the Rockies, we welcomed the flatter, straighter roads.…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Days 15 & 16: Flat Tops Wilderness
Odometer: 1,892 miles. Today: 132 miles. My guess is that no one reading it has heard of Flat Tops Wilderness.…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Days 17 & 18: Crossing Kansas Part 1
Odometer: 2,654 miles. Two days: 794 miles. A loop to visit our kids in Golden and Nashville necessitated the long…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 19: First Generation Missile Silo and Oz!
Odometer: 3,069 miles. Today: 414 miles. Part 2 of crossing Kansas was fun! We spent the night at the Atlas…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 20: Four States and a Fine Farm
Odometer: 3,494 miles. Today: 425 miles. We completed our fourth day of driving east from the Flat Tops Wilderness in…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 21: The Creation Museum
After dropping Saydee off at a fine dog sitter that we found through the “Rover” app (thanks Angel C.!), we…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Day 22: The Ark Encounter
Coming to see a true-size Ark replica had been on our bucket lists since we first heard about it. The…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Days 23 & 24: Bailey and Jett in Nolensville
Odometer: 3,849 miles. To Nolensville: 345 miles. The final primary destination of our Summer ‘26 Trek was Nolensville, TN, where…
Summer ‘26 Trek: Days 25 & 26: Traveling Home
Odometer: 4,750 miles. To home: 901 miles. Driving the final 900-mile leg gave us lots of time to reflect on…
The Adventures of the Cajunlimeys 