DAY 4: Las Cruces, NM to Scottsdale, AZ

Last night we checked in to a cabin perched upon a mesa overlooking the Organ mountains just in time for a really nice sunset.










How's this for an idea for Stephen King's next novel?? "Son of Cujo" perhaps?



Thank God Dad let me sleep in a little for once...My blankets are sooo cozy.

We drove through some heavy fog that made Dad say some bad words, but we got through New Mexico and crossed the AZ border finally around 9am! Yay! We are Arizonans...Arizonians? Arizonanians??? Whatever we are officially, it's nice to finally be here.

The mountains here are really cool...they are all made of boulders. It's a far cry from Flat Florida!

Looks like we are not the only ones who made the trip from Florida. That's a Catalina sailboat from Sarasota! I think these sailors are on their way to Lake Pleasant! Bon Voyage!

A nice sunset for our first night in Arizona. We are safe and sound and ready for some new adventures...Thanks for riding along! This is Nacho Muchacho signing off!

DAY 3: Austin to Las Cruces, NM

Headed out at 7am in fog and rain from Austin. Drove through Dripping Springs and Fredericksburg...Texas Hill Country / Wine Country / Rum Country / Vodka, Whiskey...seems like theres a distillery or winery on just about every corner...if theres not a bbq joint! Those smokers smell goooood! Eventually, we wound up back on Hwy 10, heading west!

"Hey Dad, are we there yet?"

We stopped for a pee in Fort Stockton and Dad had to pull a thorn out of my toe! I guess it's true what they say...Everything in West Texas either Sticks, Stings or Stinks! Judging from the dust storm we drove through by Fort Hancock, West Texas blows too. (Did I say that out loud?)

So this is pretty much what we stared at all day...

BBBOOORRRIIINNNGGG...

Aaaahhh...this is more like it...I'm beginning to like these REST AREAS.

FINALLY! Las Cruces, here we come...just in time for dinner!

DAY 2: Baton Rouge to Austin

So, we left Louisiana this morning at 5:00 am. I'm soooo tired! Whyyyyy do we have to leave when it's still dark outside?

Ok, now I'm seeing stars everywhere I look...I'm either in Texas, or someone thumped my melon!

EEE-HAH! Bar-B-Que at Slow-Poke's...we are DEFINITELY in Tejas now...PUT ME DOWN DAD, or you'll get a hernia!

Now I get to play with my ol' buddy, Lone Star. We remember each other from last time!

Austin sure hasn't changed much...let me guess, we're getting another early start tomorrow for New Mexico "to beat the traffic."

DAY 1 - Bradenton to Baton Rouge

We left our home in Lakewood Ranch this morning at 0530. As we traveled north up I-75 we had barely made it past Tampa when "BOOM" Blowout! It took an hour for roadside assistance to show up, but we were back on the road in no time.




We had our lunch on the road thanks to Uncle Gus' Smoked ribs and Chicken Jerky! Yummers!




















I think I had a little too much to drink tho, cuz I had to pull over and pee. Ahem! Some PRIVACY PLEASE??

 Crossing the Florida panhandle took FOR-EV-ER! So this familiar sign made my tail wag a little. -Just a little.

 Looked for Forrest Gump's shrimp boat, but no such luck.

YAAAAY! We finally made it from A-L to L-A! Now if Dad can locate the hotel in Baton Rouge sometime before midnight we can get a good night's sleep...we've been up since 0-dark-thirty, and I'm yawnin'. Hey Dad...ever hear of a GPS??? SHEESH!