Fun. But so much less than most photos make it seem.
Cadillac Ranch: A Photo Essay
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Route 66: Oklahoma and Texas
It’s been a long day, and I’m exhausted. We started in Oklahoma City at the Skeletons Museum of Osteology, then headed down Route 40 and Route 66 with stops in Canute and Elk City before getting back on the highway and driving into Texas for an afternoon of hiking at bee-you-tiful Palo Duro Canyon State Park. We’re overnighting in Amarillo (Tex-mex and margaritas, thank you very much) just minutes down the road from Cadillac Ranch, where we plan to start the day tomorrow.
Truth be told, I’m too spent to write. So it’s just pictures today. Enjoy.
Skeletons Museum
Americana: Kitch and commemoration
Road trip day 2—basic stats:
- Start time: 9am
- Distance covered: ~285 miles
- States: Missouri, Oklahoma
For those who are keeping track, that’s about half the distance covered on day 1, and also about half of what my husband originally thought we’d cover. It’s about two-thirds the distance I initially planned on, but the day was worth the slowdown. Continue reading
These moments are precious
Driving across Missouri on the way from Chicago to California, I was struck by the lush, green, undulating landscape—small mountains and huge forests, gorges, rivers and creeks. The land was dotted with horse farms and lovely dilapidated barns, and decorated with billboards and fireworks superstores. Wednesday gave us the infamous fudge billboard; highlights Thursday included Ozarkland billboards tantalizing passersby with every imaginable kind of candy (plus moccasins!) and a series of ads for a Precious Moments complex I hadn’t known existed. Continue reading
The best fudge is found in Uranus
I’ve spent my summer thinking about (dreading) the road trip to bring my son to graduate school in California; today it began when we drove away from our house at 7:15a.m., only an hour later than we had hoped. That’s pretty much an on-time performance in our house. Hooray us. Continue reading
Game night
We had game night at our house on Friday. We do this periodically, getting friends together for a night of board games—sometimes old adults (my husband’s and my friends), sometimes young adults (my son and friends), sometimes both together. This was just young adults, and it was an unusual gathering: It was the last before my son moves out of my house. Continue reading