Tucson at Last
It seems like I've been driving
forever. Actually it's just been a few days: after the cruise (which was great) we drove Miami to Pensacola, then to Gladewater TX. We stayed with our wonderful friends there for 3 days -- a luxury. Then San Antonio, El Paso.
The route looked sort of like this:
The weather en route has been cooler than we'd planned for, warm for New Hampshire but we've been in south Florida for going-on two months and kind of got used to 80s. So light jackets but 38 degree rainy weather (in parts of Texas) haven't been pleasant.
But things are looking up! As I write (Saturday, 1/19/08) it's sunny with temperatures in the low 60s planned for Tucson. We arrive this afternoon and will start looking for a permanent home as early as tomorrow.
We've assembled a few
photos for your viewing pleasure :) [PDF format, 4MB]
Labels: Florida Keys, Texas, travel, travel driving, Tucson
The Road Home -- BC to NH via TX in 30 days give or take
We left Vancouver on September 20th, 2007 on a "
crooked smile" route that brings us out to the California coast, into Arizona, Texas, back to Michigan (which we visited on the way out), Toronto, and back to New Hampshire -- where we'll be for around for about a month before desperately seeking somewhere warmer. As of this writing (Sep 30) we're in the California desert, east of Los Angeles in Twenty-Nine Palms, CA. The red part of the route is what we've covered already -- as of October 8, 2007.
The regular web pages for this trip aren't quite cooked, but here are some of the highlights of the trip so far (we'll update this page once those page(s) are done):
- The Herb Farm a fantastic restaurant in Washington State, where we celebrated our 50th birthdays -- albeit 6 and 14 months late for him, and her respectively
- Redwood National Park -- big, beautiful, sometimes-spooky trees
- The Microsoft Store -- thousands of dollars of software stuff for pennies on the dollar
- The Computer Museum History Center, previously of Boston, now in Menlo Park, CA
- Pacific Coast highway -- Twist and Shout highways with 15 mph limits -- but stunning views
- Elephant Seal Central (a bunch of fat lazy guys hanging out on the beach with their girls -- so what's new?)
- Kelp Tripping (where you walk down the beach and try not to trip over mutant seaweeds)
- Visiting my long-time friend David, in Scott's Valley, CA
- Point Lobos State Park
- Visiting an old boss (actually pretty young) out in Santa Barbara
- Brush with Death! We drive across a mountain road. Think rocks. Ravines.
- Visits to Tucson AZ and Austin, TX as potential new home locations
- Get together with TX friends and family
Individual links for sections of our trip:
Labels: travel driving
The weather en route has been cooler than we'd planned for, warm for New Hampshire but we've been in south Florida for going-on two months and kind of got used to 80s. So light jackets but 38 degree rainy weather (in parts of Texas) haven't been pleasant.
