Okay, so I'm going to start the cross-country trip travelogue, now that I've got the pictures from both of our cameras downloaded and (somewhat) sorted. I'll devote one post to each day's travel, and hopefully won't run afoul of Blogspot's picture limit.
A few general words... There are parts of the trip that were beautiful, there were parts that were gorgeous, there were parts that were boring. Yet the boring parts were lovely in their own way, even driving (and driving and driving...) through the vastness of Texas.
It was interesting to both of us how the landscape changed so slowly, yet each state obviously looked different leaving it than it had looked when we entered.
It surprised me that many parts of main state highways were two lanes - one each direction.
There weren't as many trucks as I was expecting along the way.
Belinda - the car - ran like a champ. She consistently averaged between 37 and 39 mpg, getting over 40 mpg at one stretch! She's a little lower to the ground than we're used to, though, making getting in and out something we tried to do as little as possible!
The driver's job was to get car and occupants to the next stop safely. The navigator's job was to keep an eye on the map and GPS and road signs to make sure we didn't veer off course. The driver had to remember to put his/her cell phone in the little drawer to the left of the steering wheel, and to put on his/her sunglasses. The navigator had to balance paper maps, GPS unit, two cameras, water bottles, soda cans, and cassette books-on-tape, while making sure that the paper maps, GPS unit, and AAA trip-tix didn't send us on a wild goose chase, or try to confuse us by calling a needed road by a different name. At the same time, s/he had to be on the lookout for points of interest, gas stations, potty stops, and hidden speed traps.
On to day one...
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