After our Austin venture our next step was to tackle the "BIG" Drive. Thats right Ladies and Gentleman, we were going to be CRAZY and drive from Dallas to El Paso. Dallas to El Paso? Yes, Dallas to El Paso. That's 10 long hours, squeezed in a car across Texas. In case you have ever wondered, yes, Dallas to El Paso is indeed a LONG drive! But, the insane thing was, this drive was actually GREAT and passed soooo fast. We got out of Dallas about 7:45am and arrived on my moms doorstep at about 5:30pm! The last hour and a half was a little long, but I think it was more the anticipation of being almost there than we wanted it to be over.
Long Haul Across Texas Scenery
My Texas Mountains starting to get bigger and bigger as we get closer to El Paso.
To be honest, I'm a bit blogged out right now from all the "travelogue-ing" I've been doing from Rome, Florence, Uzzano, Dallas and Austin. So my El Paso and Lubbock sections are going to be FAR from as detailed. Actually, by the time we got to Lubbock I barely took any pictures!
El Paso was spent catching up with family and a few friends. The few friends I got to see were kind enough to not even meet up with us till about 10pm and they all had work in the mornings. Those are good friends. I got some time with 3 of my 5 siblings, but sadly missed the other 2. I missed ALL of my nieces and nephews except for two of them.
Mi Familia
Me and my buddy Ian.
Back in 8th-11th grade he was one of my best friends in the whole world. I could count on this guy for ANYTHING and vise versa. He even took me to homecoming our Junior Year. In the past 11 years, my brother stole him from me and now, he is one of Joe's best friends in the whole world. I'm cool with that though. As long as he stays in Joe's life, he will stay in mine too.
There is a new bowling ally in El Paso close to Sunland Park Mall. On Tuesday there is a really cool special. You go, pay 10 dollars for bowling and they give you a 10 dollar gift card back to use at the bar!! SWEET! Free bowling and lots of pitchers of beer. So we went with some friends and Joe LATE at night, but they are so cool that they stayed up.
Joe checking how shiny Michaels head is.
Michael ready to bowl and showing off his big arm
Joe, Michael, Jeremy and Dlane
My OLD OLD friend Chris bowled with us too. Him, Joe and I have known each other since our "Western Hills" days!! (elementary school)
I requested lobster one night. So my sweet mom, made us lobster one night, and it was delicious.
Michael, Sharon and my mom ready to dig in
Our last night, we played Guitar Hero. It is just as cool as everyone says.
The weather in El Paso was a very welcome change from the snow we had in Dallas. It was HOT (70 something degrees) and SUNNY and BEAUTIFUL. It was exactly what I was hoping for from Texas. While most El Pasoeans would say it wasn't hot, just a little warm, to my Danish adjusted body, it was HOT. I wore tank tops, shorts, and skirts and loved every moment of it.
I've also updated the post below with captions to the few pictures on there. :)
5 comments:
Your family looks great! It's crazy to see pics of Ian and Chris (I used to date Chris! ha!). That was a good trip down memory lane to read your blog today. My mom called and said "Guess who's in Texas? You won't believe!" And I said "Nichole!" Then I explained that we keep pretty good blogging tabs on each other. :) I'll be in Texas with my family on Thursday. I can't wait. Glad you are having such a good trip!
10 hours YUK. Glad you had so much fun and got to see so many friends :)
hehehe I actually laughed at you when you said 70 was HOT! Remember those early morning summer band days when it was 90 at 6am, and everyones shoes were melting to the asphalt by 11am, now that was HOT!! (although I believe I turned the air on in my car last week and it was about 70!)
Glad to see everyone is doing well. I haven't been to EP since my parents moved to OKC, so it has been a few years.
We're happy you decided to take a road trip! There's just something about being out in wide open spaces that is relaxing!! It was great to have you here and couldn't believe you actually climbed that tree in a skirt!
oh and by the way is the first picture "long haul across..." taken somewhere around the Van Horn/Sierra Blanca area?
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