Why a Teardrop?
We've enjoyed roadtrips four or five days long to destinations as far as 500 miles away for years. A trip out to the Grand Canyon and Phoenix may be the record for distance. In those cases we were quite happy to rent a room with a comfortable bed and visit a restaurant to let someone else cook. We were also quite happy to motor along the highways unencumbered by a trailer. 75mph speed limits are great! Santa Fe has been a common destination. It's not too far to drive. The food is great. There are a few arts districts to explore. We even enjoyed some shows at the Santa Fe Opera. It was in recent years where we discovered some allergies and sensitivities that made eating in foreign kitchens less pleasurable. Staying in a motel doesn't always make it easy to cook for yourself, and I don't relish lugging a cooler up to a suite hotel. A few years ago, after a trip to Santa Fe full of ingredients-angst, I came into a last-minute reservation at Utah's Dead Horse Stat...