Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Today was kind of a doozy. Eloise woke up many times last night. This morning there was a badly timed bathroom accident. No one napped all day. Eloise knocked over a mannequin and Isaac ripped a page out of a book at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Isaac lied several times. Eloise screamed…
What did you think of Carlsbad Caverns? Ezekiel: “Cool.” Isaac: “It was scary.” Jane: “I was bored.” Hannah: “I kind of deserve that for every time I complained at a national park on family vacation when I was little.” My favorite part was the kids whispering the entire time we were 750 feet underground. Flash…
There wasn’t a big sign or welcome center on the small backroad road we followed from West Texas to Carlsbad, New Mexico—just curtains of rain on the horizon and an exciting lightning storm. This is exactly what I remember/picture when I think of New Mexico: horizons, clouds, open space. It’s so beautiful. We arrived in…
The recent rains across the South made what usually is dry and brown bloom green and lush. Midland is the last stop on Phase Two of our Manifest Destiny transcontinental journey. Phase One was somewhat familiar territory driving across the Appalachians and Mississippi River to Texas. Phase Two has been thr Texas Tour, chillin with…
“WHAT is THAT?!” I pointed to several inches of squished exoskeleton with lots of pointy legs. Chris called back from the other side of the car, “I don’t know, but here’s a bigger one!” We found lots of interesting things at Texas rest stops, like a wide selection of fried pork fat. I opted for the…
At this phase of our journey, we left a family member behind: Pounce. Enjoy your kitten holiday in Texas, cat! See you in a few months! “Isaac, do you know which cousins we’re seeing today?” “Yes! Carsen, Canon, and Case!” “Do you know what their parents’ names are?” “….No.” Case: “Canon! I finally jumped and…
Rain can’t stop this party! Hannah, Justin, Ezekiel, Jane and Ezra met us in Katy the week of Ezekiel’s fifth birthday. The cousins played with trains, swam at the pool, ran around the mall, jumped on mattresses, ate free ice cream and got free meatballs at area furniture stores, and—most exciting of all—went to…
