New Love’s Travel Stop Opens in Trinidad, Serving RV Community

Love’s Travel Stop opened in Trinidad on November 21, 2025, at 1001 El Moro Road, adding a full service travel center for motorists and commercial drivers along Interstate 25. The site targets RV travelers and long haul truckers with a mix of fueling, parking, and convenience store amenities that did not previously exist at this location.

The Trinidad location features an 11,100 square foot store, 10 RV hookups and a dump station, three RV parking spaces, and six diesel bays. It also offers 65 truck parking spots, 63 car parking spaces, four showers and laundry facilities, and a CAT Scale. Food options include Love’s Fresh Kitchen, Arby’s, and Dunkin’, and the site includes a dog park and self checkout lanes to speed purchases. The facility sits between Walsenburg, Colorado, and Las Vegas, New Mexico, making it a stop for travelers moving along the southern I25 corridor.

The company marked the grand opening with donations of $2,500 each to Fisher’s Peak Elementary and Somebody Cares Project, and $5,000 to Children’s Hospital Colorado. District managers will continue support through annual community grants. Those contributions represent a modest but immediate infusion for local nonprofits and schools, and they signal an intent to engage with community needs.

For Las Animas County residents the travel stop alters the local service landscape. For RV owners it adds ten dedicated hookups and basic amenities that can reduce detours for overnight stays or maintenance stops. For truck drivers the 65 parking spaces and supporting services can ease congestion and improve safety on nearby stretches of roadway. The presence of national quick service food brands and a large convenience store may shift some consumer spending away from smaller local retailers, while also creating steady demand for local labor in retail and maintenance roles.

Longer term, the travel stop contributes to infrastructure along a key north south route and supports regional mobility for tourism and freight. Policymakers and local planners will want to monitor traffic patterns, sales tax receipts, and employment effects as the facility integrates into the county economy. For residents and travelers, the new Love’s offers more options for refueling, eating, and resting along a busy stretch of Interstate 25.