Monday, Monday

It's a Monday evening. We had gloomy weather today and I loved it. I went walking tonight and it was really misty outside. It felt so good on my face. I feel like it's going to be a great week!

Every time I look at this picture I feel warmth and happiness. The colors. The taste. The memories.

RT '011: The Final Chapter

I know, you are all probably sick of this road trip business, but I love reliving it and I had a ton of pictures. Here are just a few random pictures from all over. Seriously, this country is so beautiful. I have been to 35 states so far and can't wait to visit the last 15, then see them all again. Who's in for the next road trip?

RT '011: New Orleans to Home

I know, it sounds like a long way, Louisiana to California but we did it in 3 days and still managed to stop and live it up in San Antonio for a day. Leaving Louisiana was pretty cool because it's pretty much a ridiculously long bridge over the entire southern state to get to Texas. And then there was Texas. Oh my Texas, you are vast. We made it to San Antonio on Wednesday night and stayed with some friends (thank you Smith's, so good to see you). We spent all Thursday in San Antonio. If there was a contest for the most visitor friendly city in the USA, San Antonio would win hands down. Seriously, on every street corner there is a map and signs pointing you to every hot spot in the city. It was so helpful. Enjoy....

Downtown Houston. I just love skylines.

The wildflowers in Texas were all starting to come up. These blue bonnets were so beautiful. Oh the Alamo. We just giggled the whole time we were there. Thank you Pee Wee Herman and your Big Adventure for making the Alamo so funny. So Lindsay has an old Polaroid camera and we took a picture in front of the Alamo (obviously) and this teenage boy was looking at the camera so weird. Oh, kids these days.

We ventured to the top of this tower. Beautiful view.

Shopping down at the river walk. I really wish she would have purchased this.

The River Walk. Loved it!

And for our dear friend Valerie...food pictures. We ate at a BBQ down on the river and it was delicious, even though I don't eat meat. The fixin's and this homemade bread were to die for. And don't even get me started on their peach cobbler.

We drove from San Antonio to Chino all in one day. It was about a 20 hour drive, Texas being about half of that drive (blah!) but totally worth it to be in my own bed again. God Bless America, I love ya. Fabulous trip!!

RT '011: New Orleans

Deep down in the bayou of Lou'sianna were 2 California girls petting alligators and flying on water. That's right folks, we took an air boat tour through the swamps of New Orleans. **Public Service Announcement** If you are ever in the New Orleans area, you must take an air boat ride. You will thank me. This was just about the best idea we have ever had. It was unbelievable. First of all this air boat goes over 60 mph and you aren't even buckled in. It was better than any roller coaster I've ever been on. We saw so much wild life and had the funniest tour guide, Greg, who had the thickest deep south accent I have ever heard. I probably only understood half of what he was saying to us but that was the fun part of it all. I know we had gator pictures earlier this week but this was infinitely better. They were everywhere. We were up close and personal...

Meet Big Al. He was huge!!!

The back side of Big Al. Believe it! I'm holding a 12 foot gator's tail.

Greg picked these water lilies for all of us girls. They smelled sooooo sweet.

With Greg after the crazy ride.

After the bayou we went to the most beautiful plantation. It's called Oak Alley and you will see why in the next picture. This is just one of the massive oaks they have there.

Hello Oak Alley. There were 28 oaks lining the pathway to the home. It was so incredible.

We then went to the French Market downtown and ate beignets at Cafe Du Monde. Oh my were they delicious. We didn't spend too much time downtown because there was severe weather here tonight. Crazy rain and lightning and even tornado's.

This one is for Gina. If you lived in New Orleans I would expect you to make this your permanent job. This lady was standing on top of a steam boat playing a pipe organ that was so loud it could be heard through the entire city. She looked so happy up there. And why shouldn't she be happy? She's playing music for the whole city atop a boat.

RT '011: Georgia to New Orleans

Guest commentary by Lindsay: Hallelu!!!! We're out of Georgia...Don't get me wrong I absolutely loved Georgia but the roads there make as much sense as naming New Mexico the Land of Enchantment. We made our way through Alabama and Mississippi to New Orleans and it was a gorgeous drive but too hard to capture on film so we apologize for the lack of pictures. We did manage to get this first picture in an Alabama city that has an odd fascination with boll weevils....

(from Camille: we did an impromptu photo shoot on the side of the road) Downtown Mobile, AL

Beautiful wetlands in Mississippi

Penny surfin' in the USA

The lovely sunset heading into Louisiana

Commentary by Camille: As we drove over the bridge into New Orleans, picture Lindsay dancing and singing her heart out to Harry Connick Jr.'s "Big Parade". It was a sight to behold. Totally appropriate for NO, LA

RT '011: Southern Georgia

Howdy! Are you sick of us yet? Too bad. Another great day in the south. Humid and a little rainy but beautiful as always. We made our way from Savannah to south west Georgia today via Florida. A little out of the way but close enough to just stop by. Our big adventure of the day was at the Okefenokee Swamp. Have you heard of it? Its full of gators and you better believe we saw some up close and personal....

We are behind a fence at this picture but all 4 of these guys are asleep, so they want us to believe. She makes it look so easy.

Okay, so we are standing about 20 feet away from this guy with nothing between us. It was crazy...

Luckily we didn't look tasty enough for him.

But this is for real real. We were, no joke, 10 feet away from this guy. He was just chillin on the side of the parking lot. You can't tell but he is about 8 feet long. We were living on the edge today.

We took this really quick so Lindsay's back wasn't to him for too long because he kept eyeing us. I promise there are pictures of me in them too but Lindsay is just more photogenic.

RT '011: Savannah

Hellooo Georgia!!! Today was the first day we didn't have to drive anywhere. It was a little piece of glory. We spent all day in Savannah and fell in love. We are lovin' this southern charm. To make up for the lack of pictures yesterday here's a whole load of pictures from our day in Savannah.

We sat here and ate gelato for a little while this afternoon. It was fantastic (the gelato and the view).

The trees down here are incredible.

These are little walkway bridges to store fronts over an alleyway. I just really liked them.

More trees.

Hi there Mr. Magnolia. They are everywhere and so beautiful.

We took this picture for Laura (Hi Laura) because she said pictures are always better with the people in them. I'm just going to say we haven't been looking our greatest in this humidity and living out of a suitcase and car but we knew we needed to get a picture of us in Savannah. Done.

Walkway to the main park in the city. This picture doesn't even do it justice. It was gorgeous.