Driving from California to Texas was a test. When they say there is nothing on I-10, they mean it. It is one long and often windy drive.
The drive from California to Austin, TX can be done in as little as 27 hours if driving straight through. With rest stops and sleeping, it took us more like 3 days from Los Angeles to Austin.
The highlights of the drive included Brad's little cousins dressing up in mullet wigs, stumbling across El Dorodo Hot Springs, AKA "the best place to get naked" in Tonopah, AZ and a giant metal bird at a New Mexico rest stop
The lows included watching a line of cars full of families leave a state prison after visiting hours, Coming down with a bad cold and contemplating the idea of having to spend an extra sick day in a motel room that looked like it had been staged for an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
Facts:
The El Dorado Hot Springs are located seventy-five miles east of Quartzite, leave I-10 at Tonopah--Exit 94;
New Mexico visitor centers have free wi-fi, coffee and tons of tourist information. They don't make rest stops like that in California!
The hill country roads in Texas are actually more lush than California's Gold Country. Wild, eh?
5 comments:
Cant wait to see ya'll cross the border and get the updates... in ya'lls honor I got motivated and started my own blog too... I got ya'll listed as my homies. Try not to stay in anymore creepy hotels... super scary, Deliverance stylee... mullet wearing dudees asking you to drop them pants... squi up, squi up...
Whoa weird... I like you guys so much I just wanna cut you... peace
oh whoops posted comment twice... didn't realize you have to approve these... I'm not weird, like its not weird what I wrote you know....
STOP JUDGING ME!!!
sorry
LOL! Dang Alex. You so crazy, I almost forgot how crazy you are. Please don't cut me because you love me so much. Word up on your blog.
I just had to get in on these comments! I agree with Alex, you should not stay at super shady hotels! Can't you find a hampton inn with a nice continental breakfast? Mama Hammond driving tip # 986: Never stop at rest stops, it's just asking for trouble! ;)
keep rollin...
t.
Viva La Mullet!!! or is it Mulleta? BooBoo, now that you're rockin a Mullet can you head-bang while doing a feeble grind?
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