Day 1
Izzy was feverishly preparing the house buying crap (i.e. paperwork), and also getting a “few” hours in attempting to ready last minute work obligations.
Erin was packing and checking many many things of her many many checklists and sub-checklists in preparation for the ultimate Vaughn American Style Roadtrip.
The dogs were tip-toeing around woefully hoping that there was not going to be yet another Mexican Adventure (to which they were not invited).
After packing up the last few items, eating one last breakfast burrito, and corraling the dogs into the car, we hopped on I-40 west and booked it!
Highlights of the day :
1:52 PM : 80 miles away from the “Q”, lost all ABQ radio stations, switched to iPod mode
2:06 PM : A torrential downpoar ensued
2:09 PM : The sun was shining again
End chronicling by time, we already lost track
We then stopped at this weird place with trees made of rock, it was named the Petrified Forest National Park.
It was cool! We bought a National Park Annual pass!
The native people left us some pretty pictures to enjoy, even a baby and a stork! (Picture to come later)
Cauchy and Aldo liked the park at first, but soon decided that the refrigerated car was the more desirable option. Black dogs no likey 99 degree heat.
We arrived in Flagstaff, AZ and used the man (awesome G1) phone to find a sweet campground by a lake on the top of a mountain amongst beautifully tall pine trees. The dogs were ecstatic, as the temperature was a comfy 69 degrees.
The day ended with a beautiful sunset over the lake (really a marsh) and bean burritos.
Over and out,
–Izzy and Erin