Et tu Buc-ee? One of the things I will miss the most about Texas are Buc-ee’s stores. They’re amazingly huge gas stations with a store full of everything (literally) you could want. It’s a gas station ‘convenience store’ that makes it’s own beef jerky, T-shirts, and has a home & garden section. It’s awesomeness.… Read More
Trial by water When it rains… it apparently pours all the wrath of Zeus over a 500 mile radius that lasts for three days. After a harrowing last couple days of packing and rushing to the end of the move finish line, we’ve been creeping along on the road for 26 hours and only managed to make it… Read More
The final stretch We’re down to the last couple weeks before we head out of Houston towards New England. It seems there is a longer list of things to do now than there has been in the past 6 months, with a fraction of any reasonable amount of time left to get it all done! Amidst website polishing for… Read More
Up & Away The drive out through west Texas – exiting through El Paso – and then up New Mexico to Albuquerque was gorgeous. As it turns out, days with ‘great weather’ out in the desert tend to make the long drive tedious and boring. However, when there are storm clouds on the horizon, things get interesting and colorful.… Read More
A Peachy detour. Our road trip out to the balloon festival took a bit of a detour on the first night. Originally our plans included the possibility of a swing through Dallas, but that didn’t pan out as we hoped. We kept to a more southern route and ended up stopping in Fredricksburg for the night.… Read More
It’s that time again. House is fueled. Bags are being packed. Open road is calling. It might not be the never ending road trip we’re still aiming for in the future, but it is definitely going to be one heck of a month. The RV is outside the apartments waiting to be loaded with our bags for the next… Read More