Hawaii Bound: Texas is ridiculously huge...

Not only is Texas huge but it is HOT. I like Texas but I think it should be two states - East Texas and West Texas. Enough about that - let me get caught up on where we’ve been.

Wed. 8/06 and Thur. 8/07:
We leave PCB and head to Pensacola to pick Edward’s dad up at the airport. He flew down to spend Wednesday and Thursday with us in Pensacola. Edward picked Pensacola b/c he loved being in flight school there. We had a great time and I even got to visit the Naval Air and Space Museum for the SECOND time. I will have to say I never thought I would have to say I’d been once.

Fri. 8/08:
After we leave Edward’s dad at the airport we start the trip to New Orleans. Edward decided that in an effort to save money on gas we would set the cruise control at 60 MPH. After about an hour of driving and many obscene gestures and honking horns he bumped it up to 65 MPH. At this point I was just praying we would make it to California in 2008. We FINALLY get to New Orleans and head out for dinner and drinks. I think I am getting too old for all New Orleans has to offer…it sure was fun though.

Sat. 08/09:
We wake suffering from last nights festivities and hit the road by 7:45am. I think I was still under the influence to get up that early. San Antonio is our destination and I wasn’t sure we would make it. It all started to fall apart around Lake Charles, LA when I swore that I saw a short cut around the stand-still traffic on I-10. Turns out I was looking at the map upside down and we got off track for about 2 hours. I know you’re probably wondering how this could happen since we have a GPS. Well, I often feel like I know more than the GPS. I obviously don’t. One good thing, while on our little detour we stumbled upon a Books-A-Million where we finally got some books on tape. Since Edward had been controlling the radio I felt confidant that one (me) could lose there mind if they were forced to listen to NPR all the way to California. We get to San Antonio and feel dirty, tired, and hot. We see the Alamo and Riverwalk. It was crowded and I was not in the state of mind to deal with such things. We eat and go to bed. We finally pushed the cruise control to 70 MPH.

Sun. 08/10:
Today we finally reached Las Cruces, NM. We spent the whole day, 9 hours or so, driving across Texas. We only drove about 40 miles in New Mexico. That is just silly. It felt like we weren’t making any progress to still be in Texas around hour 7. Don’t have much to say about Las Cruses. We ate an Outback. We pushed the cruise control to 80 MPH today. I’m thinking we’ll actually make it to CA.