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 ]

Free Msg. Welcome to Mexico. Dial 001 & the Ten Digit Phone Number to call the US. Local Calls dial the Number.

Just watched the 5:47 sunrise at the grand canyon. Awesome.

Checking out aliens in roswell, new mexico...

Finally done (unofficially)

Yesterday, I took my last exam and turned in the last of my assignments- I am finally done with college. Unofficially anyway- I am still waiting on the final word, but there shouldn't be any issues.

This is our last morning in Louisiana. We will be leaving Crowley for Austin, Texas in a couple hours.

First week on the road

Some photos from the first week of our road trip. We've driven about 2,500 miles total so far. We checked out the Badlands in South Dakota and spent a few days at my brother's place in St. Louis. All awesome. We arrived in Crowley, Louisiana last night and we will be here through Wednesday. It's in the mid 80's here and feels like summer.

 [ Leaving the Tetons ]

 [ Old barn in western WY ]

 [ Devil's Tower ]

 [ On the road ]

 [ Best name ever. ]

 [ South Dakota ]

 [ Sunset just before reaching the Badlands ]

 [ Probably the last of our goggle tans ]

 [ Mamie and Oz ]

 [ Mamie and I in the Badlands ]

 [ Yellow Mounds ]

 [ I love the layers ]

 [ Dry ]

 [ Leaving the badlands ]

 [ The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD ]

 [ We had to use the penny machine! ]

 [ Mamie ]

 [ Sioux City. We left as fast as possible. ]

 [ Sioux City ]

 [ Hanging out at Washington University ]

[ My brother's apartment in St. Louis ]

[ FroYo - awesome frozen yogurt place ]

[ Schlafly Brewery ]

[ Tour of the microbrewery ]

[ Jimmy and Jenny ]

[ Lazy morning ]

[ Exploring St. Louis ]

[ Anheuser-Busch... proud to have been American ]

[ The brewery was HUGE ]

[ The clydesdales ]

[ The facilities ]

[ Apparently the basement can hold half a million cases of beer ]

[ Lots of bottles ]

[ Mamie just saw the budweiser dalmation ]

[ Flowers ]

[ Laying under the arch ]

[ It's pretty big ]

[ The Arch ]

[ Mamie cooked pancakes for breakfast ]

[ Adam ]

[ St. Louis Zoo ]

[ We didn't stay long ]

[ The City Museum ]

[ It was pretty much a giant playground ]

[ Exploring the tunnels ]

[ A wall made of bottles ]

[ Rope swings! ]

[ The outside was our favorite... ]

[ Old plane suspended several stories off the ground ]

[ Mamie ]

[ Adam in one of the many mesh tunnels ]

[ Top of a big slide ]

[ We climbed up out of this tiny hole ]

[ Another mesh tunnel ]

[ Very steep slide ]

[ Last, but not least - the ball pit! ]

Our route so far:

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