http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Farthington/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Farthington en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:11:41 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:11:41 +0000 Today we drove from Chapel Hill to Richmond Virginia to see Neha 2.5 hours of driving felt like ten minutes compared to our previous days. We arrived in Richmond at 130 got lunch at a local brewhouse toured her medical school and the capitol and came back to her place for some much needed relaxation. She even made us a delicious dinner and hot chocolate laterTomorrow we will be heading to D http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Virginia/Richmond/blog-363167.html Today we headed out from Nashville to Chapel Hill to visit Lisa Jason and Jack. The drive ended up taking much longer than the navigation system iphone and various websites had predicted but it was definitely a pretty one. Along the way we saw a beautiful sunset over the smokey mountains and felt fortunate to not have seen a single deer The moon has been quite a sight the past few days but http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Chapel-Hill/blog-362841.html Today we woke up in Little Rock Arkansas and our gracious hosts Tasha and Wes made us a delicious breakfast It was our first homecooked meal in awhile and it was incredible. After enjoying our treat Tasha sent us off with a fabulous cooler for the road filled with delicious snacks which we were sure to enjoy along the way. In case anyone hasn't tried Stix by Pringles do try. They are de http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Nashville/blog-362625.html After two days in Austin we headed to Arkansas. The big event of the day before arriving in Arkansas was stopping at Roy T.'s Bakery. It was located off the highway in a quant little cottage full of many Texans. We met Roy T. himself and were entertained by the Texans' excitement surrounding the availability of fresh pigs in a blanket. In addition to the Texans' excitement Krystal was ecstati http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Little-Rock/blog-362619.html After checking out of our hotel in Kerrville we headed outside and couldn't believe it was beautiful sunny and 75 degrees Texas weather was better than Californiawe were sure someone was playing tricks on us.We drove to San Antonio to see the Alamo where we learned it looks nothing like it did in Peewee's Big Adventure. We did however see David Crockett's hair in a locket and learned tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-361856.html Today we got breakfast in Albuquerque and headed out on the road. Krystal drove 12 hours and we made it to beautiful Kerrville Texas. During our drive we named New Mexico the land of shrubs not the land of enchantment and Texas the land of deer. Krystal has never had to drive and look out for deer. After a terrifying experience and an after dark deer sighting count of over 20 we made friends http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/blog-361847.html Today we got bagels in Sedona and headed to the Grand Canyon. There aren't really words to describe how beautiful it was...only pictures can begin to describe it. We couldn't believe how large it was and how it seemed to come out of nowhere. Since we were coming from the South we were driving through valleys for awhile wondering how a giant canyon was going to magically appear. We entered the p http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-360925.html We left Sunday at 10am and headed out on the 8 East. Our first stop was at the Golden Acorn Casino where we learned this trip was going to be a good one. We stopped at the Casino mostly for restroom use but decided we might as well gamble and see what happens. We each put two dollars in quarter slots and on the very last pull of the lever we decided to both put our hands on the lever and BOOM http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Sedona/blog-360502.html We originally planned on leaving earlier but decided we couldn't leave San Diego with such an important game for the Chargers remaining We ended up staying and thankfully provided great luck to the Chargers leading them to a victory that was unbelievableWe both woke up way earlier than we had planned on the day of our departure like a bunch of kids heading to Disneyland or something. We spen http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/Pacific-Beach/blog-360501.html