i'm planning a backpacking trip this summer from chicagoland to denver. if anyone lives on the way, let me know. we can hit it up. here are the towns i'm going through. Illinois: Dixon Clinton Iowa: Wheatland Solon Grinell Colfax Des Moines Panora Exira Elk Horn Oak Ridge Persia Missouri Valley Nebraska: Kennard Fremont Rogers Richland Duncan Silver Creek Central City outside of Grand Island Shelton northwest of Kearney Overton Cozad Maxwell north of Hershey Ogallala Colorado: Julesburg Crook Sterling Fort Morgan Roggen Hudson Barr Lake St. Park Rocky Mtn. Arsenal Wildlife Refuge. Denver.