After our visit in southern California, it was time for us to head back to Texas. When we first drove from Texas to Utah and also from Utah to California, we used a roof bag on top of our car--we have a pretty tiny trunk, plus we had Gramma J with us. Well we wanted to see if we could pack everything into the car and not use the roof bag...here was the result. As you can see, it worked, but it was pretty tight quarters. Paul drove almost the entire way because he didn't fit in the back so well. I think of the 20+ hours it took us to get home, I only drove an hour.
I took pictures along the way. The windmills and palm trees near Palm Springs, CA.
Cool rock formations and cacti in southern AZ.
We also saw cotton fields as we neared the Gila Valley AZ LDS Temple.
Once again we took pictures of the state signs, indicating which states we had driven through.
When we got to El Paso, we took a few pictures from both sides of the freeway, which also meant two different countries--America and Mexico. It was interesting to see the difference.
Mexico looked a bit more run-down and hodge-podge.
America had tall buildings and more structure.
And this was the landscape of western Texas.
Pretty much it.
We didn't pass through many towns or cities of anything other than this.
When we did make it here to Austin--after midnight on Wednesday December 4th, er, I guess than technically it was the 5th, but whatever. Our apartment wasn't available until the 10th...so guess where we stayed in the mean time? That's right, the Staybridge, or as Glenn calls it, "Marcos' Hotel". Marcos is the guy who sets out breakfast each morning and does dinner Tuesday night. He was so good to us and was happy to see us back...again. :D
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