Weeks two and three on the road

The last couple of weeks have been good. I finished the last of my college exams and should be getting my diploma soon. We've passed 5,500 miles and have visited Carlsbad Caverns and the Grand Canyon and are now visiting Ryan in La Jolla, San Diego. One more week to go!

[ Cactus flowers in Texas ]

[ Cactus flowers in Texas ]

[ Wind turbines as far as the eye can see ]

[ Old windmill ]

[ Pecos, Texas was pretty depressing ]

[ Getting ready to enter Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico ]

[ Amphitheater to watch the bats at sunset ]

[ The entrance to the caverns ]

[ Looking out at the last of our natural light ]

[ All of these photos were long exposures, it was actually very dark ]

[ This lower cavern stretched out to the size of 14 football fields ]

[ Outside the caverns ]

[ We arrived at the Grand Canyon just in time for sunset ]

[ I had no idea how big it actually was ]

[ Camping ]

[ We woke up at 5am to see the sunrise ]

[ Mamie doesn't look too pumped to be awake ]

[ Sunrise ]

[ Perched above the cliffs ]

[ Exploring the rim ]

[ Next time I need to actually plan a backpacking trip into the canyon ]

[ Mamie and Oz ]

 

[ The Hoover Dam - apparently this was the last week ever to drive across the dam. From now on, all traffic will be use the bridge in the background. ]

[ Vegas. ]

[ Oz was excited to go to the dog beach in California ]

[ Checking out the tide pools. We didn't go to Mexico, but our phones thought we did. ]

[ Group shot ]

[ Oz ]

[ San Diego ]

[ My car... only a little nicer ]

[ We woke up early this morning to go surfing before Ryan went to work. It was very windy though... we may attempt again tomorrow. ]

[ Early morning at the beach ]