On the Road: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

12/27 - Left Lafayette, Louisiana around 15:30.  Taking the I-10 West.

12/28 - Pulled into Kerr County rest stop mile post 514 2:30AM slept in the front seat til 8:30AM when we were woken up by an RV driver.  We were blocking the poop pump.  Hopped right back onto I-10 West and rode til 18:00 to Van Horn, Texas.  Glad to get some serious miles behind us. Exhausted. Grabbed a room at the Taylor Motel. 

12/29 - Left Van Horn, Texas at 12:00 noon got to Tucson, Arizona around 21:30

Email excerpt to my parents and sister.

"La sancha made it back to her home town!! Took your advice dad and skipped on the $22 motel for a $40. Got the trailer parked/unhitched by the office. Unloaded car. Couple came by and advised I bring in surfboards. Get everything up to room including surfboards and its the worst. Ever. Meth lab. Piss stained sheets. Cig burned blankets. No towels. Drunk guy comes out of room right by La sancha as I'm locking her up and asks if its 6am? I said no its 9:30pm. We got out of there. Refund. Shoved boards in car. Trailer back on. Up the road to clarion for $50 a night. Got 2 nights here. High class all inclusive with security. Worth it. Sliding door with car/trailer 5 feet away. Wooo... What a night..."

12/30 - Took advantage of our last day in America. Banking, purchased spare parts for La Sancha, shopping for things we can't get easily in Mexico. Laundry. 

475 miles - Lafayette, LA to Kerr County, TX

375 miles - Kerr County, TX to Van Horn, TX

435 miles - Van Horn, TX to Tucson, Arizona

West Texas has a lot of long steep highway hills.  

Good thing we keep 2.5 gallons of emergency gas in the trunk at all times!

Piña's sleeping spot

When you are driving Westward the sunsets last FOREVER!

Windmill Farms on the horizon

They're SO sleepy after all that nap time in the car while I drove...

Claire always gets what she asks for.

if you've never had in-n-out you should probably do that.

'nough said

Bath time for Piña.  

All that road tripping has made her a filthy little creature.

The plan is to head Southward from Tucson, Arizona tomorrow morning.  Cross the border at Nogales.  We should be pulling into the Guaymas boat yard in under 7 hours!  We've left our home, Splendid Isolation, behind for almost 8 solid months.  Before May, 2013 the longest we had ever left our sail boat of a home was 10 days (for my sister's wedding), and that was probably the only time!  We are super excited to get home, with our new trailer.  We will wait patiently for our good friends Marc & Colleen.  Keep on traveling with us to see how we pass our time in good old Mexico!