2012 Tour of America
Day 195: White Sands National Monument.
We finally made our way across Texas last night and landed in a Wal-Mart in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We have not been back here since near the beginning of our trip in 2010.
2012 Tour of America
Day 194: Leaving Marfa, Texas for New Mexico.
Our third day at El Cosmico is our last as we packed up our site and prepared to head back out on the road. We have a handful of places we still want to check out in town but we will do that on our way out.
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Airstream Los Angeles’ 1st Anniversary.
If you are in the Los Angeles area this weekend, we will be camping in the Mali Mish at the Airstream dealership of Los Angeles for their 1st Anniversary celebration. Come by and say hello!
2012 Tour of America
Day 193: City of Marfa and its Mystery Lights.
Marfa is quite an amazing place to be this time of year. Something is different about the high desert in West Texas. We are only sitting at 4,600 ft in elevation but the lightness of the air and the special hue of blue in the sky makes you feel like you are much closer to outer space.
2012 Tour of America
Day 192: The El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas.
Our ordeal with the Texas Highway Patrol last night left me pretty riled and unable to sleep well for the rest of the night. If you don’t know what I am referring to, go read the end of this post and you will know what happened.
2012 Tour of America
Day 191: Caverns of Sonora and the Texas Highway Patrol.
Last night we spent our first night at a Texas rest stop. Most, if not all, of the roadside rest stops in Texas allow at 24-hour stay. It stems back to the depression era when people were moving west to look for work and needed a place to camp for the night.
2012 Tour of America
Day 190: Salt Lick BBQ and Fredericksburg, Texas.
After our excursion in Austin yesterday, we actually found a Wal-Mart near the city that allowed overnight parking. At first glance, you wouldn’t think they would allow it because it is a smaller store. After we asked the manager inside, they gave us permission as long as we park in a designated area which we happily obliged.
2012 Tour of America
Day 189: Keeping it weird in Austin, Texas.
Last night after we left Houston, we started to make our way towards Austin, Texas. At the town of Bastrop, 35 miles east of Austin, we passed the midway point of Ventura, CA and Key West Florida. We are now officially closer to where we started back in July 2012 than Hemingway’s polydactyl cats.
2012 Tour of America
Day 188: Johnson Space Center in Houston.
This morning Luka found a new past time in the Airstream. He found the toilet paper roll and decided that it was fun to unreel the entire roll on to the floor of the bathroom. Our sweet little boy is slowing turning into a little devil.
2012 Tour of America
Day 187: Landing in Houston, Texas.
Our campground in Dickinson is located about 20 miles southeast of Houston. It is just about right in the middle between Houston and Galveston just a few miles away from Johnson Space Center. We intentionally found a spot there so we would be able to spend the day at the Space Center after we check out in a couple of days. Today, we are headed into Houston.
2012 Tour of America
Day 186: Meeting new friends in Beaumont, Texas.
We found a Cracker Barrel last night after our failed search for a Walmart where the GPS asked us to exit an off ramp that did not exist. It took us further down the freeway in the town of Beaumont, Texas. We don’t really have any plans of staying here long except to meet someone we have been friends with online who happens to live in this town.
2012 Tour of America
Day 185: Tabasco Factory and Jungle Gardens at Avery Island.
From New Iberia, Avery Island is just a few short miles away. Since our only purpose to come down here is to see Avery Island, we headed straight there as we got ready in the morning.
