Our adventure started at 6am Friday morning. We left San Francisco, destination: the ALAMO! My friend, Tracy, was nice enough to take Friday off work and come with me. You'll all meet her in Monterrey, if you haven't met her already. (She's also the talented clothing designer making my dress.) We drove across the Bay Bridge and down I-5 all the way to L.A. (Photos are: classic L.A. traffic and windmills near Palm Springs)
We also saw this awesome bright red hearse somewhere in California.
A little north of L.A., we turned left and the rest of the trip was spent on I-10. (Did you know it goes all the way from Santa Monica, CA to Jacksonville, FL?) We drove through Redlands, CA (Hi, Knapps!), Palm Springs, Phoenix and Tucson, AZ.
The first night Tracy and I made it to the Arizona/New Mexico border. We stayed in a little town called Lordsburg, NM. The amount of bugs we drove through and saw in Southern Arizona/New Mexico was beyond all belief. This, we believe, was only one of many bugs in our hotel room. Ray, I now understand why they needed you in New Mexico.
The next day we spent about a total of 1 1/2 hours driving through New Mexico. We passed through the pretty town of Las Cruces, NM. Then we entered Texas and there was a welcome sign, but when we saw this truck we knew we were REALLY in Texas. On the front it said "Tonka".
We drove through El Paso and then drove for about 7 hours through the vast expanse of nothingness known as Western Texas.
We arrived in San Antonio at 7pm CDT, 35 hours after we'd left SF. The stars and stripes are big and bright....deep in the heart of Texas!
The Alamo!!
San Antonio's a very beautiful place. I highly recommend visiting downtown and the River walk...just maybe not in July. It's a little warm.
Sadly, this is where we stopped taking pictures. Y'all know how I am. I had all of the best intentions...I really did want to take a picture at the border. If I didn't have Tracy, none of it would be documented.
Late Saturday night Alex met up with us. We went to a small, newly-split ward on Sunday, and dropped Tracy off at SAT so she could fly home to SFO. We then dropped my car off (which included a 3 hour detour), and made it to Monterrey at about 12:30am on Sunday night. Alex was a true sport, especially considering the fact that he had to work at 8:30am on Monday. We're VERY happy and relieved to finally be together. Can't wait to see you all in about 2 1/2 weeks!
Besos,
Les
4 comments:
Les,
What a great trip. Sorry I missed the beauties of Texas. I'll see some of them in 11 days. Thanks, Alex for following her all over Texax (and the U.S. for that matter). :) mom
Very interesting documentary of that monumental trip. I wonder if anyone (besides Leslie, and now me) has contemplated how monumental and pivotal that trip was. A major tipping point in Leslie's life - a river of no return. It's been a long time coming, anxiously awaited and deeply contemplated, but there's no looking back now. That may seem sad, but life must go on, and the future will be immensely brighter than the past. Can't wait to see it unfold.
Dad
I don't think it seems sad at all, I think it seems exciting!! This is a brand new adventure for Leslie and she deserves it more than anyone I know!
I guess I should qualify my commet. I didn't mean that Leslie's future is a sad turn of events. "sad" was meant to refer to the fact that all the excitement and mobility that Leslie had in single life would now be left behind. But the security, love, and fulfillment of married life will be immensely brighter.
Dad
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