Sample Outline for Colorado Road Trip Travel Journal Entries
Make sure you are including:
Geography
Speaking Ill of the Dead person
I Never Knew That about Colorado
Historic Markers, Historic Places
Activities
Day 1
Person responsible:
Lisa
Day 2
Person responsible:
Jim
Day 3
Person responsible:
Jim and Lisa
Day 4
Person responsible:
Kelly
Day 5
Person responsible:
Max
Day 6
Person responsible:
Max
Day 7
Person responsible:
Kelly
Boulder to Colorado Springs
Visit Air Force Academy (activity)
Lunch at the Broadmoor Hotel (Historic Place)
Go for a drive and walk in the Garden of the Gods (activity and geography)
eat lots of snacks while we are on hike
Eat dinner at Denny’s
Stay at Super 8 Motel
Colorado Springs to Pueblo
Breakfast included at the hotel
Visit the Pueblo Museum (historic site)
Lunch at Bingo Burger
Visit the Pueblo Levee Museum Project (history project)
Dinner Mr. Tandoori Urban Bar and Grill
Stay at the Super 8 Motel
Pueblo to La Junta
Breakfast included at the Hotel
Visit Bent’s Fort (Jim) (historic site)
Lunch – picnic at Bent’s Fort
Visit Otero Museum and go souvenir shopping in La Junta (history and museum)
(Lisa)
Dinner at Bamboo Panda
Stay at Travel Inn La Junta
Stay in La Junta
Breakfast at Copper Kitchen
All day guided hike in Picketwire Canyonlands (geography and activity)
eat packed food for lunch
Dinner at Lucy’s Tacos
Stay a 2nd night at the Travel Inn La Junta
La Junta to Sand Creek national Monument and then drive to Eads
Breakfast at the hotel
Report on Colonel Chivington (Speaking Ill of the Dead person)
Visit Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (historic site and could also
include some geography about this place)
Drive to Eads
Dinner at Savrio’s Pizza
Stay at the Econo Lodge Eads
Eads to Limon
Breakfast included at Hotel
Visit Limon Heritage Museum Complex (historic site)
Report on Cattle Wars (I Never Knew that about Colorado)
Eat Lunch at Oscar's bar and Grill
Visit Elbert County Museum (history)
Stay at the Knights Inn
Dinner at Jenny’s Mexican Restaurant
Limon to Boulder
Breakfast at Restaurant next to hotel
Report on the Stagecoach station near Hedinger’s Lake, near Limon- from I Never
knew that about Colorado. (historic marker and geography)
Lunch at Wendy's
Home to Boulder