Cross-America Road Trip

My sister Mary is also moving back to Ontario from Vancouver. And so, road trip! Mary & Aunt Elaine drove from Vancouver down to SF, and we had a lovely weekend playing around in the California sun, checking out Alcatraz, going to a winery and doing some glass blowing.

Aunt Elaine flew off to Hawaii on the Monday, and Mary and I left for our cross-continent adventure. First stop: Vegas!

We made good time, and went to see a Cirque du Soleil show that night, which was most excellent. No photos from this bit of the trip, unfortunately. Next stop was my little detour request to Arches National Park. Here's Mary at sunset:

The whole drive there was amazing as well.

Next stop was Santa Fe, where Lolita got an oil change, and we ate the best sandwiches we'd ever had in our entire lives. They were amazing. We stayed in kind of the dodgy outskirts of town, so weren't too impressed with the city in general (Newsies lied!), but in the morning went to check out the old central square. Turns out, it's amazing! The square is surrounded by old adobe buildings, the real stuff not the fake California copied architecture stuff. One building is the 2nd oldest governor building in America, and is now a museum. The museum was closed, but we got in anyways 'cause they'd left the door open, so we got to see some old school printing presses (Newsies!).

Next stop: Oklahoma City. This place really was a bit of a hole, and the food we found wasn't good. Let's skip on.

To Kentucky! I really enjoyed this driving day. We drove up through Missouri, crossed the Mississippi and Ohio rivers at Cairo, and stayed the night in Bowling Green. The drive was lovely. It was clear there had been an ice storm about 2 days before we arrived, and all the trees were coated in ice and sparkling in the sun. So beautiful! We drove through the Ozarks, and found an awesome restaurant for lunch where I was able to get a catfish sandwich. The bridges over the Mississippi and Ohio are insanely narrow and carry transport trucks. And then in Bowling Green we had another amazing meal, then met up with Thad for drinks later:

Last day, we tried going to Mammoth Caves but it was closed. Tried to get in anyways:

It was still beautiful.

Went to Tim Horton`s in Ohio. Tried taking pics of 8 Mile Road in Detroit as we drove through. Stayed at Nana`s place in London that night and had a good visit with her and Aunt Betty.

All in all, a most excellent trip across the country again. More photos are here.