Yay for the solar eclipse a few states away! My original plan was fly to Houston (not one of the airports in totality, rent a car, drive in to see the eclipse, stay at a hotel in Fort Worth just out of totality and then drive home. Decided to sacrifice a bit more time and save a whole lot of money by driving my car out and bank. Flexibility to sleep wherever and drive as much as I wanted each day, combined with no exorbitant airfare, crowded airport, traffic, expensive hotels, car rental, and gas to fill the guzzler made it the best choice.
6 Apr Casa Grande RuinsSo cool! A baby owl lives there in the structure. Mom and Pop both in the rafters of the pavilion above. Tucson St Augustine cathedralA fun sculpture in the courtyardRattlesnake BridgeLas Cruces Recycled Roadrunner statueMade of the most interesting stuffAt a rando rest stop in NMNot sure if this is because of increased eclipse traffic but the rest stop in Van Horn that I stayed at was really packed. 7 April Lyndon B Johnson National Historical ParkHis childhood home in Stonewall TXLBJ presidential library in Austin closed just a few minutes after I got there 😥 so the statue outside was all I got!Ms Pearl the Roadside Squirrel in Cedar Creek TXAll decked out for tomorrow. Saw my first bad traffic but it was as I was heading OUT of the zone heading to College StstionBedroll pecan Candy and Gifts…turtles I thought were the best use of the aforementioned 😊8 Apr stayed at a Hampton in College Station. Hit the library firstBush’s planeAlways fun to sit in the hot seat 😁Piece of the wallDesert Storm display I really like to learn about the people behind the job. I always learn a lotGood girl Preview of later today heheHa!The Day the Wall Came Down. Artwork depicting breaking out of the Iron Curtain. Fitting at the resting place of a great horsemanDrive in to Waco Mammoth National Monument to watch the eclipse. They were all set up with info and lots of free eclipse glasses Didn’t get to see the park because they closed it fine for the festivities but it was a really nice place to view from Set up camp in an overflow parking section right at the front so that I had an easy exit strategy. Sat in my reclining camp chair and cooked some lunch right there on my camp stove. I have all the things in my car so that I can basically live out of it 😊Mmm, grilled cheeseLots of people there Super fun watching the progression and talking to people around meMy spot was next to a little wooded area so I wandered in there both before and during to see the changes I didn’t spend a lot of time trying to capture the experience with my camera. Wanted to experience it with my eyes! But this shows a bit of the atmospheric changes. The camera really doesn’t do it justice Echos’s camera caught a nicer picture in Tennessee where she watched She got a good capturing of the twilight effect at 1 in the afternoon And the cool effect seen through the tree leavesHere is coming back out of totality. The whole experience is surreal and really just defies description. Highly recommend 😊I jetted right out of there a few minutes after the few minutes of totality. Virtually no traffic on my way to Dallas where I hit the other Bush libraryAlso a great man! And one whose presidency I actually remember some of The 9/11 exhibit made me think and cry. And taught me some new things I always admired bush’s involvement in and decisive response to the attacks Every Oval Office looks quite different This was fun to see after experiencing The West WingFinally experienced some traffic while heading out of Dallas. Stopped at Fort Worth Water GardensReally cool sculpture and water features!Took a short break to experience sunset by a lakeLake Mineral Wells state park Great roosting site out in the lake a ways
Stayed on a rando street in a small town in Texas before Lubbock.
9 Apr Snow in TX in April! What the ?!?Stopped briefly at the Lubbock templeIt was so cold!!!Petroglyph National Monument I think this guy is riding a bike 😊El Malpais National MonumentLa Ventana ArchSnowflake Arizona templeSat on the grounds for a while. Very peaceful with the running water 10 April stayed at Tru in Gilbert. Met these cuties for breakfast!It was so nice to catch up again!Visited the temple in Gilbert for a few minutes Fun Barbie exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum. Here’s the OGLook at the detail and size of the accessories!The dream house used to be cardboard!The career piece is huge. It’s fun to see what careers were emphasized whenThe fireflies exhibit is the reason I came here. Went in there like 3 different times. Incredible!LEDs on strands. Mirrored roomDangNow watch her in motion!Very intriguing piece. Even cooler from multiple views Wow, I love this!Can’t get over this one!O. Kay.
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