10-day road trip through the Bad Lands to Durango, Colorado

We have mused this fling countless times over the years. "I just want to get in the car and drive across the country." Not a strategically planned, itinerary driven sort of adventure nor the lackadaisical "We'll just buy clothes as we need them" trip either — maybe something in between. At first, we decided to go in 2019. That changed the day Don said "Why wait?" Why indeed!