New Orleans & The French Quarter

The Power of Facebook A strange way to start a post about New Orleans, I know, but I have to mention how very cool Facebook can be. While sitting in a Starbucks outside of Lake Charles (western LA), and catching…

San Antonio River Walk

San Antonio River Walk

After spending the better part of a day driving through Texas, San Antonio comes as a bit of a shock. The terrain gradually shifts from flat and featureless, to gentle, tree-covered hills, and the traffic shifts from big rigs and…

Don’t Mess With Texas!

During our drive across country, I’ve learned a few things. Don’t speed on Interstate 10, because there are lots of police looking to write you a ticket. There are some large bugs living in the southern states. And most importantly,…

Kartchner Caverns State Park

Things don’t always go as planned when traveling (of course) so it is that we find ourselves still in Arizona, when we’re supposed to be several hundred miles into Texas by now! How the heck did that happen? Yesterday –…

Picacho Peak State Park in Arizona

Picacho Peak State Park

The first day of a trip is exciting – and in this case very tiring. You see, we’d stayed up the night before until all hours cleaning out the last remnants of our life from our apartment so that we…