Less searching. More solving.
Good books, easy local day trips, and practical how-to guides for the stuff you're Googling at 1 a.m. For busy women who want the answer, not 40 more browser tabs.
What's in The Weekly Detour
Three things, every week. Short enough to read over coffee, useful enough to plan a Saturday around.
The Detour
A day trip you can do on one tank of gas: the route, where to stop, where to eat, and what to skip.
The Dog-Ear
One book matched to the trip. Queue the audiobook for the drive, or save it for the porch when you get home. Sometimes a classic, sometimes a guilty pleasure. No judgment either way.
The Stop
A coffee shop, winery, or local shop that earns the detour. Nobody paid to be here.
Recent detours
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St. James: Wine Country Off I-44
Four wineries, a spring-fed park, and antiques downtown. Your Saturday is now overbooked. You're welcome.
Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen
A widower who counts trees for a living, a girl who believes in magic, and a small-town library worth fighting for. Start the audiobook on I-44.
Ozarks Bittersweet, St. James
Exposed brick, a green glass pendant you'll want to take home, and candles with real flowers pressed into the wax. Home goods and gifts worth pulling off I-44 for.
Download it. Done.
We did the searching for you and gathered it all into editable guides. Download one tonight, make it your own, and use it tomorrow.
Who's driving
I read too much, take back roads on purpose, and will absolutely turn around for a hand-painted sign. I'm also that person who dives deep into a subject, so I created guides so you don't have to be searching at 1 a.m. Think of it as less searching and more solving.
This is where I keep the good finds: towns worth the gas, books worth staying up for, and stops worth the "running late" text. Think of it as a friend's recommendation, minus the 200 vacation photos.
Fueled by dark coffee and red wine.
Found a place you don't want to leave?
Some detours turn into an address. I also help people buy land, farms, and rural homes in the Missouri Ozarks.
Brenda Henty, REALTOR® · Worth Clark Realty
The road's better with company.
One email a week. A trip, a book, a stop. That's the whole deal.