eating like kings in Austin

Austin Buffalo Burger: Bison meat, toasted white bun, buffalo sauce, smothered in blue cheese

Chili Cheese fries... best EVER!

Casino El Camino, 6th Street Downtown Austin.

Dive bar with INCREDIBLE food

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Many roads we traveled

Though the pigments have changed

From sparkling black to hues of red and grey

The path remains the same

Taylor's Two Cents on New Mexico

White Sands, New Mexico. Miles of white sand. Tip: Bring sunglasses.

Sledding on White Sand Dunes: Chelsea

Taylor's Two Cents on Texas

Welcome to Texas. Drive careful or git' shot!

Taylor's Two Cents on Phoenix

"Phoenix, Arizona, the land of rocks, wind, and sand... and somehow they've managed to keep the streets clean."

Lesson #1 campsites are not located major cities!

We have safely arrived at our first stop - Phoenix, AZ.

Along the way we named our GPS Kelly, listened to music, took pictures out of the sunroof, and practiced southern accents for when we arrive in Texas.

It took us about 5 and a half hours to get here. The weather and the desert is beautiful, but windy! We relied Kelly (our not sooo trusty GPS) to find us a campground. Long story short, there aren't any campgrounds in this major city. As we were driving downtown amongst skyscrapers, we were a little skeptical as to where this campground would be. It led us to some random facility center across the street from a Hospital. Can't pitch a tent there!

We decided to stay at a hotel for the night...and guess what is so awesome about Phoenix? 2.0% sales tax. Cheap hotel = cheap hotel + cheap tax!

So lesson for the day, if there is a campsite located in the middle of a major city, its PROBABLY NOT a campsite!

Until next time...

Au Voir!

Best advice so far

This is the best advice given so far:

"Have fun, don't drink and drive, try to meet as many people as possible, don't get into silly arguments with your traveling companion"

- Casey Locurto

Thanks Casey!

Almost there

"Make voyages, Attempt them... there's nothing else"

T-minus 5 days and counting...

Follow Taylor and me as we embark on this long journey across the U.S.!

The tentative itinerary is almost complete. AAA.com has proved itself to be quite resourceful. Who knew that planning a road-trip can be so tedious! It seems our list of supplies and places to visit is never ending (we're a little too ambitious). Perhaps we're never fully prepared...but having things all figured out is a little overrated right? Life's a little more interesting when we have no idea where we're going. We figure our plans will change as we find riveting destinations along the way: "Its not the destination, but the journey that counts."

We look forward to set about this incredible journey. Wish us luck as we begin "exploring the infinite abyss."