since we left west palm beach on 9th july we've gone down to key west & back up again, made a two night pit stop in tallahassee to visit friends, drove through georgia & alabama to mississippi to see the birthplace of elvis. we then spent the night in oxford [ ole miss' football stadium ] & from there drove through clarksdale to see crossroads, birthplace of the blues. we then flew through arkansas to oklahoma where we spent the night in oklahoma city. phew. that's a lot of driving. just ask luke.
the keys were stunning. all beaches & bridges & large, aggressive lizards. it's also where we cashed in our KOA camping gift certificate [ mega shoutout to steve & stacy- you two are legends ] & pitched our tent for the first time. it's also the first place we've pitched a tent together, full stop. & we didn't even argue [ much ]. the most difficult part of pitching the tent was actually my being chased onto a picnic table by a four foot iguana. it legit chased me. it legit jumped onto the picnic table after i did. & i legit jumped off, ran to the van, hopped in & locked the fucking door. & i didn't come out until the iguana finally made its way back to the mangrove trees where he hid waiting to scare the complete living shit out of me again. [ i know he did. i speak iguana ]
other stories of note from the keys are as follows:
1: we swam in the ocean on the side of the highway. it was incredible. & warm [ about 85 degrees ]. & like, awesome, cause we were swimming. at. the. side. of. a. highway. [ gulf side ]
2: we walked out half a mile on anne's beach where [ bloodline spoiler alert! ] mr. rayburn died [ atlantic side ]
3: key west was fun. & the tip of the tip of the southern states. it was beautiful & we had a good time until the guy working at the strip joint said to us 'come on in. couples that play together, stay together'. that was gross.
4: mosquitos still love luke. his bites blew up & he looked like he had chicken pox. again.
5: our tent has a skylight so we went to bed bathed in moonlight. it was magnificent. [ & the tent was only like, $50 at canadian tire. we are VERY happy with our purchase ]
6. we rented a motel room for the second night. $60USD for a double bed in a room that smelled like old cigarette smoke. BUT it was a block away from a very cool waterfront bar/restaurant that had a great band that luke ended up getting up on stage with, so that kind of helped to cancel out the smell of the room.
stories from tallahassee are as follows:
1. we stayed with friends i met while walking the camino in 2014. they very kindly put us up, stayed up late chatting & showed us around town. we swam in a natural spring, saw gators & manatees [ like, just outside the swimming zone ] & slept much better than we had in a while.
2. we visited two breweries on our list. both were great [ good beer & uber friendly beer tenders ]. one even gifted us a one-off bottle of beer [ being a bartender at a brewery has its perks . it's like i'm a member of a club. i love it ].
3. we enjoyed the penis & balls building [ we didn't give it the name ]. legendary.
stories from the road are as follows:
1. luke crossed off 3 bucket list items - elvis' birthplace, ole miss football stadium & crossroads.
2. we learned that arakansas is all gas stations, farms & nothing [ no offense arkansas, we were just going through & put in zero effort - it wasn't you, it was us ].
stories from oklahoma city:
1. we saw the texas two step at a country bar.
stories from amarillo:
1. the drive in was terrifying. we thought we saw tornados forming. it was raining so fierce people were pulling off the highway which eventually started to flood. not fun.
2. google big texan steak ranch. right now. it's epic.
3. we found ourselves at a dive bar playing aggressive hip hop, full of locals & one random golfer.
4. the bartender at said dive bar pointed us to the second largest canyon in america.
5. we visited the second largest canyon in america, palo duro canyon state park. we hiked from rim to floor [ 1.5 miles ] & back up again. the scenery was like nothing we'd ever seen.
stories from the road to new mexico [ which is where we are now! i've finally caught up! ]:
1. we stopped at cadillac ranch in texas. it is a public statue art installation & statue created in 1974. the ground surrounding it is littered with used cans of spray paint which people pick through in hopes of finding one with paint left in it. it was actually very cool. we brought some with us, left our mark, & tossed the can into the mix.
other stories of note from the keys are as follows:
1: we swam in the ocean on the side of the highway. it was incredible. & warm [ about 85 degrees ]. & like, awesome, cause we were swimming. at. the. side. of. a. highway. [ gulf side ]
2: we walked out half a mile on anne's beach where [ bloodline spoiler alert! ] mr. rayburn died [ atlantic side ]
3: key west was fun. & the tip of the tip of the southern states. it was beautiful & we had a good time until the guy working at the strip joint said to us 'come on in. couples that play together, stay together'. that was gross.
4: mosquitos still love luke. his bites blew up & he looked like he had chicken pox. again.
5: our tent has a skylight so we went to bed bathed in moonlight. it was magnificent. [ & the tent was only like, $50 at canadian tire. we are VERY happy with our purchase ]
6. we rented a motel room for the second night. $60USD for a double bed in a room that smelled like old cigarette smoke. BUT it was a block away from a very cool waterfront bar/restaurant that had a great band that luke ended up getting up on stage with, so that kind of helped to cancel out the smell of the room.
stories from tallahassee are as follows:
1. we stayed with friends i met while walking the camino in 2014. they very kindly put us up, stayed up late chatting & showed us around town. we swam in a natural spring, saw gators & manatees [ like, just outside the swimming zone ] & slept much better than we had in a while.
2. we visited two breweries on our list. both were great [ good beer & uber friendly beer tenders ]. one even gifted us a one-off bottle of beer [ being a bartender at a brewery has its perks . it's like i'm a member of a club. i love it ].
3. we enjoyed the penis & balls building [ we didn't give it the name ]. legendary.
stories from the road are as follows:
1. luke crossed off 3 bucket list items - elvis' birthplace, ole miss football stadium & crossroads.
2. we learned that arakansas is all gas stations, farms & nothing [ no offense arkansas, we were just going through & put in zero effort - it wasn't you, it was us ].
stories from oklahoma city:
1. we saw the texas two step at a country bar.
stories from amarillo:
1. the drive in was terrifying. we thought we saw tornados forming. it was raining so fierce people were pulling off the highway which eventually started to flood. not fun.
2. google big texan steak ranch. right now. it's epic.
3. we found ourselves at a dive bar playing aggressive hip hop, full of locals & one random golfer.
4. the bartender at said dive bar pointed us to the second largest canyon in america.
5. we visited the second largest canyon in america, palo duro canyon state park. we hiked from rim to floor [ 1.5 miles ] & back up again. the scenery was like nothing we'd ever seen.
stories from the road to new mexico [ which is where we are now! i've finally caught up! ]:
1. we stopped at cadillac ranch in texas. it is a public statue art installation & statue created in 1974. the ground surrounding it is littered with used cans of spray paint which people pick through in hopes of finding one with paint left in it. it was actually very cool. we brought some with us, left our mark, & tossed the can into the mix.
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