This song is based on (and, to be up front, whole lines from this song are taken from) an unfinished story my great-grandfather left behind about a 1920 road trip he took with his family from their home in Springfield, Missouri, to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and back. Now, we never have all the facts of our family histories we may wish for … but let us not allow that to prevent us from accessing the truth of the stories we do have!