When I was a kid, one of the very best vacations my family ever took was an extended trip out West. We flew to Chicago, took an overnight train to Denver, and from there, rented a van and set out to see all kinds of things most people simply fly over. Each of us had chosen three places where they wanted to go, and my mom scheduled it all into an epic road trip that spanned three weeks. We saw everything from Mount Rushmore to the Alamo to the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone Park. It was outstanding.
