After soaking up Albuquerque, we headed to Santa Fe for an afternoon. While there, we decided to get my tires rotated and my oil changed—something we neglected to do before leaving. (My husband, master of all trades, normally tackles this, but time simply ran out.) After a stop at Jiffy Lube in Santa Fe, the [...]

Originally, when we realized we’d be driving roughly 2,500 miles across country to move, we planned a journey out of it. We’d stay a few days in Flagstaff, a few days in New Mexico, a night in Oklahoma City, a night in Topeka, detour up through Iowa so I can claim my 50th state, then [...]