Roadtrip

Pokin had wanted Mesa Verde since Arches. Nicholas had been saying no since Arches. Too out of the way. Then we woke up in Farmington and somebody …

We were in this corner of the state because of some badlands. That was the whole reason for the routing. Pokin found Bisti, decided it would …

Nicholas’s work wanted him back. That is how a road trip stops being a road trip. The car stops pointing away from home and starts pointing at …

Pokin wanted new states. That was the entire brief. Not a park. Not a view. Not a photograph. Just the question of how far east we could get before we …

Great Sand Dunes was never really a decision. Once you have gone to Black Canyon, the dunes are just the next thing east. The map makes the choice and …

Day four had the same question as every other day. Where do we point a camera at the galaxy next? Black Canyon of the Gunnison was the sensible …

Day three was a border. Nicholas has been to Colorado before. Pokin has not. Chestnut has not. I had not. So three quarters of the vehicle were about …

Day two began exactly like day one. Nicholas had calls. Long ones. I had assumed the whole point of a spontaneous road trip was that nobody could …

Do you realise the last time we went on a proper spontaneous road trip was 2014? Twelve years. Twelve years of flights and hotels and airport lounges, …