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- Tahoka, TX, is covered w/ cotton fluff right now - I think this is a piece of it - either that or Santa exploded
- Beef jerky is transluscent - who knew? - freakishly beautiful - if churches had beef jerky windows, I'd consider going
- Lady was among the welcome crew back @ Ed & Julie's - sweet!
- Heading home, reverse route from Monday
- Stopped near Pueblo, CO, for a great picnic lunch of exotic cheeses, salami, etc - gorgeous sunny day
- Snack stop [cue Dueling Banjos]
- Shannon's snack - she was hoping the bright sprinkles were PopRocks, but no joy - except for brownie joy, which rules!
- Dave gave Shannon his CrackerJack prize - that's one magic frog!
- First stop: Goodwill! Future post on daily pie will feature the zoot suits Dave & Ed bought - awesome!
- Cool "tree" made of aluminum cans
- Picked up our 12' x 6' trailer - on to the storage unit
- The tub where our stereo equipment used to be
- Loaded in 20 minutes - those tubs are freakin' awesome!
- Gazebo in Frisco where we got married in 2000 - awwwww!
- At the Frisco heritage museum
- Buried shrub or hairy snowball?
- Ahhhhh...lunch @ the brewpub
- Shannon's overly excited about destroying fender bergs
- Check out that temperature (Ed: "hrumph!")
- Hwy 6 back to Denver - time for a swim?
- Dinner @ Trail Dust steakhouse - food ok - slide awesome!
- 12 degrees F today!
- Went to check out our storage unit first thing - found the lock in tact, but the door bolt had been hacked - missing: brand new Dewalt chop saw, stereo, VCR - not so sad about the VCR, but WTF????!!!! We're thief magnets lately - stereo taken out of our truck the day before we left - wondering what we'll find (or what we won't find) when we get back home - oh well - will check everything Thursday when we pack it - looks like our art, photos, other special stuff is still there
- Headed to Celestial Seasonings factory + good feelings emporium in Boulder - Christmas music playing inside was John Denver + the Muppets (yay) - original Sleepytime box art - awesome tour (free!) - tea sampling (free!) - hair and beard nets (free!) - mint storage room makes your eyes water - couldn't take any photos of the tour itself - too bad...there was a big sign over one area of the production floor that read "Tea Bagging" - so wanted a photo of that
- Looks like the Sleepytime bear had something extra in his "herbal infusion"
- Spent most of the afternoon indoors @ Flatiron Crossing mall - chili lunch...mmmm - met cute puppy Ollie keeping his owner company on a slow day in a hammock shop
- Dropped Ed & Julie @ the hotel - headed to Macaroni Grill for dinner - Shannon managed to give herself 2 papercuts on the "tablecloth" - Dave drew out plans for a fence + raised garden
- Creepy deserted amusement park in Amarillo
- Scenery on 87 north of Amarillo
- First rest stop in New Mexico
- Cool old drive-in, Raton, NM - check out that awesome projection/concession building!
- When we moved back to Texas from Denver in 2001, we left most of our stuff in storage there - today we left on a road trip to go get it - woo hoo - early Christmas!
- Fortifying ourselves at Taco Cabana before departure
- On the road w/ Dave's folks, Ed & Julie
- Souvenir from a penny press outside Boerne, TX
- Hwy 87 North between Fredericksburg + Mason is a "bollweevil-free zone" - who knew?
- Cotton field outside Abilene
- How was lunch in Abilene, Ed?
- Starting a new eBook - trying to read it before the movie hits
- This clever sign @ an Amarillo Cracker Barrel was beyond the vision abilities of both myopics AND blind people - way to go!
