The Ambitious Odometer

Monday, June 17, 2024

{Road Trip} Day Twelve - Going Nutty and Covering A Lot of Ground

We woke up this morning in New Mexico, and decided to make a stop at local Alomogordo pistachio farm, PistachioLand. Long story, but Hubby visited here years and years ago when he was in town with the army and really wanted to back!

I felt a little bit like we were living in the National Lampoon's Vacation movie when I asked the kids to pose for a picture with the gigantic pistachio...

but really, who am I kidding? Our whole trip is like a National Lampoon's Vacation movie...

Hubby spent enough money buying pistachios that they gave him a free totebag and a free coffee mug, and we all enjoyed some (not free) ice cream!

From there, we continued east and finally hit Texas where we made a stop in Midland to check out a few of President George H.W. Bush's and President George W. Bush's homes...

{405 East Maple Avenue, Midland, TX}

{2703 Sentinel Drive, Midland, TX}

{1405 West Golf Course Road, Midland, TX}

but only this one is a museum...

{1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland, TX}

At least I didn't make B jump out and take pictures with all the houses above...

We made a stop in Fort Worth for dinner at Velvet Taco...

and, it was yummy!

Driving through the night to one last stop tomorrow morning. Stay tuned!

More {Road Trip} 2024 Fun

Day One - Meet Me in St. Louis, Later on Tonight?

Day Two - CITY Fun in St. Louis!

Day Three - A Prime Time in Kansas City

Day Four - Denver to Salt Lake City, and Beyond

Day Five - Operation #CapitolStepsChallenge Completion

Day Six - San Francisco, What a Treat!

Day Seven - A Beautiful Drive

Day Eight - A Univerally Good Time

Day Nine - Heading South and Then East

Day Ten - A Day at the Burning Bush...Errr, I Mean the Joshua Tree(s)

Day Eleven - Four Corners, Four States, and a Four Gazillion Hour Drive

Day Thirteen - A Little Bit of Elvis and HOME!

Sunday, June 16, 2024

{Road Trip} Day Eleven - Four Corners, Four States, and a Four Gazillion Hour Drive

Today consisted of a lot of driving. We had the Four Corners Monument on our list to do today...

and it's one of those things that you just can't get to very easily. It is kind of near-ish to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, or at least in the same vicinity of the country, but probably closest to either Canyonlands in Utah or Mesa Verde in Colorado. We visited the Grand Canyon on our first cross country road trip, and unfortunately, we didn't have time to stop at either of the other two, so this felt very much like we drove for hours in the middle of nowhere to visit and then drove for even more hours in the middle of nowhere to move on! I was just ready to get out of the desert and off of a reservation, but if you decide to go, I would definitely work in one or more of those national parks so all that middle of nowhere driving gets you a little bit more!

The Four Corners Monument is the only place where four states meet - Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico...