ARIZONA

I figured I would do another pic update while I am waiting to hear back on some sublets. Here are some pics from Arizona. I took the one of the cacti and my side mirror during stopped traffic heading towards Phoenix.

Here!

Just wanted to give a quick update. I made it to San Diego!! I briefly saw the Pacific Ocean before finding a hotel for the night. You'll all be excited to know that I found an outlet mall in my first 10 minutes here..with a Startbucks!

I will post more later. yay!

Almost There..

Greetings from some suburban sprawl section of Phoenix! I don't think my route quite makes it through downtown. Any guesses as to how I found a hotel tonight? Yup, Starbucks. There is one of everything on this side of town, so I stopped in and asked where the hotels are in town. It worked like a charm. You can always count on friendly ole baristas. They never let me down. (Yipee!)

I'm almost there! I have about 4-5 hours left to go tomorrow.

State traveled today: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico is so beautiful, especially west of Albuquerque. The towns along the highway looked awful and I would never want to live there, but the scenery was great! At this point in my trip, I finally decided that I could actually stop the car to take pictures. I played it safe and only stopped at rest stops and real exits. I never pulled over on the side of the highway. I would have had way better pictures if I did.

Pictures As Promised

I am finally able to upload my pics! Here are the first two, early Wednesday morning from St. Louis. I pulled over at an exit just outside the city to get a picture of the arc from afar, but by the time I got off the exit the view was blocked by a giant ugly racetrack. Sooo, I had to take these pics while driving (don't worry there was slow traffic). One is through my windshield and one is through an open window, so pardon the blurriness.

Don't Mess With Texas

Greetings from Amarillo! I totally wish it wasn't past 10pm here so I could go find a Taco Cabana (right Judy, Chris, Cara?) . I just spent at least 13 hours driving, so I will keep this post short for now. I hope to add pics soon. I passed through St. Louis in the morning and saw the Arc and Busch Stadium. It looked like a cool city driving through it. I kinda went by Tulsa. I am now past the half way mark. I think tomorrow's drive will be more exciting. Maybe I will see a cactus or two.

States traveled today: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas

Night Night.

Greetings from Illinois

Greetings from Vandalia, Illinois. Well no pics for the first leg of the trip, but I'm sure you all know what Ohio looks like by now anyway. Mmmm, corn.

I managed to do about 550 miles today. It has been a pretty uneventful trip so far, which really I am thankful for. But I must say, if you ever drive through Indiana you should certainly watch the speed limit. I saw cops pulling people over all through Indi, especially the out-of-state plates. I did get to drive by Indianapolis which looked nice. Lucas Oil Field looked pretty cool, but I'm not sure if it's the Colts stadium or not.

States traveled through today: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.

On the Road

As I type this, I am packing the rest of my stuff and getting ready to hit the road. My google directions are printing. Yes, I am that much of a procrastinator. I had a bunch of friends over last night for my last hoorah. It was a great time. I don't think it will hit me that I am leaving til I hit Ohio.

I will try to post with pictures soon!