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Indeed, there are fewer folks living in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming combined than in the greater Atlanta area. While the town is great, the greater metro Atlanta population is more than 5 million and living in a large metro area definitely wears on us.Ĭheyenne only has about 60,000 folks and Laramie is half that. We live in a small suburb of Atlanta of about 24,000 folks. We spent a night and a day exploring Cheyenne and Laramie, walking the town and looking at the neighborhoods.īoth towns were neat, but quite a bit smaller than what we are used to. Our first true “destination” was Laramie, WY. Thankfully, we only ran into a little winter weather. Yes, we did a lot of driving! We also saw a lot of great cities, several national park sites and even got to visit family along the way. We spent a total of 15 nights on the road, traveling from Atlanta out to Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Colorado. The temps certainly dropped as we headed north and were well below freezing by the time we reached our hotel in southern Wyoming. We aren’t used to it being dark by around 4:30 in the afternoon! One thing that is weird to deal with is how quickly the sun goes down in the winter further north. There’s plenty of cool stuff to see along this drive (like Capulin Volcano National Monument, Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site or Garden of the Gods) but, this time, we kept trekking to make Cheyenne by nightfall. Headed west on I-40 means heading into the late day sun.įrom the Texas Panhandle, we cut northwest across New Mexico to Interstate 25 for the drive north along the Front Range of Colorado.

Hampton Inn – Clarksville Read TripAdvisor reviews and book the hotel. (Dumas has since changed categories but nearby Pampa, TX remains a good stop.) We often stay in the Hampton Inns in Clarksville, AR and Dumas, TX, both of which are category 2 hotels and charge the point equivalent of $50 per night.

There are two Hampton Inns along the way which charge very little in terms of Hilton Honors points, making them very cheap places to stop.

We avoid the serious blowing snow and high winds of the Plains.

The traffic getting across the river is much lighter and easier to deal with.

We prefer crossing the Mississippi River in Memphis, which is a great town in its own right, as opposed to St.

When we head West, especially in the winter, we often travel across I-40 for much of the drive out then turn north. Please see our Review Policy for more information.) Our Route West (Disclaimer: When we link to places you can buy our stuff or places we stayed, we are using special codes which earn us commissions on the sales at no additional cost to you. We returned to a few places we’d been before ( Cody, WY and Bozeman, MT) and checked out a lot of new places, too.Ĭheck out our tips on Preparing for a Winter Road Trip. In addition to being a test to see just how well we handle the REALLY COLD temperatures, it was an opportunity to scope out a few cities. We visited several small to medium-sized cities in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Colorado – some of our favorite states! Seriously, we’re ok with the biggest traffic jams being those caused by wildlife.

The San Juan Mountains from Pagosa Springs. We figured that we should visit some western cities in the winter to see if we could really handle the weather. After having a heart attack in the summer of 2015, it was time to seriously consider a change. There’s just something about the wide open spaces, lack of traffic and natural beauty that we are drawn to. Over the years, we’ve talked about moving west a lot. While we were on a vacation and we were having a good time, this trip served a completely different purpose. Of all of our trips, this trip remains the most unique. If you’re prepared and ready for the unexpected, though, a winter road trip can be just as successful as a summer road trip. And for good reason… winter weather can stop a road trip anytime. When most people plan a winter road trip they head south.