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Week 36
Week 37

Photos from Dallas

  • Crazy infrastructure outside the city
  • Lots of traffic here. So many cars
  • View of the city
  • Got drinks at the Gallery rooftop lounge
  • Too cold to go swimming in the infinity pool
  • Nice sunset and McDonalds arch bridge?
  • Getting gas at a huge Buccees, everything is bigger in Texas
  • Also got some bbq beef brisket here
  • Such an… interesting place

Photos from Houston, San Antonio, and Del Rio

  • Texas welcome center, complete with a giant star because everything is bigger in Texas
  • The lone star state
  • Great little boardwalk over the marsh at the rest area
  • Massive oil refinery (chemical plant?) outside Houston
  • Walking through a park in Houston
  • Nice to stretch our legs on a big driving day
  • We decided to skip doing anything big in Houston
  • Great shot at Buffalo Bayou Park
  • Back to the car
  • Overlook of some Texas plains
  • Nice sunset after 5 hours of driving
  • This was just a quick stop at Palmetto State Park
  • Visiting the San Antonio Historic Missions
  • We saw four missions built by the Spanish in the 16 and 1700s
  • Most of them were in ruins with restored churches
  • Missions were built to convert the native southern Texans to the catholic church
  • A nice nature trail to the diverted river
  • This was an aqueduct built to water crops
  • Cool to see some of the oldest European structures in the US
  • Luckily all the missions were close close together, so it didn’t take long to drive between them
  • This was my favorite
  • It was the most restored and had the most exhibits and information
  • A good look at the whole mission, more than just a church
  • Really they were forts where people lived, learned, and worked
  • We did a ton of reading here, there was almost too much to learn about
  • Last one, similar to the others
  • San Antonio Riverwalk
  • One of the biggest tourist attraction in Texas
  • Very nice, it did not disappoint
  • We didn’t forget the Alamo!
  • We loved all the water features and bridges along the river walk
  • Very cool area
  • Time for some dinner
  • The oldest restaurant on the river
  • These tour boats were pretty cool
  • Starting to get dark on
  • Back to the river walk for the New Years Eve celebration
  • View of the Tower of Americas
  • Some good music at this riverside stage
  • Awesome way to bring in the new year
  • Loved all the lights and decorations
  • Supposedly famous ice cream
  • Watching the fireworks from on top of the parking garage
  • We were in the mood for tacos
  • So we made some
  • Found this cool Japanese garden in San Antonio
  • We both thought San Antonio was very nice
  • We had hoped to work here but there were no tables
  • Driving across southern Texas
  • Starting to see some cacti
  • Working in Del Rio
  • Haha egg chair
  • Mexican border
  • Neither of us had been to a Sonic drive in before
  • Making buffalo chicken mac and cheese
  • Pecos river overlook
  • Very scenic bridge

Photos from Big Bend National Park

  • Another winding road into a national park
  • Small pull-off where we ate lunch
  • The weather was great while we were here
  • 70 degrees and sunny (goat mountain in the background)
  • Tuff canyon trail
  • Lost of exotic purple cacti on this trail
  • Santa Elena Canyon Overlook.
  • It looked like Thew Wall from Game of Thrones
  • Rio Grande
  • Scenic NPS Canoe
  • Trail was washed out so we had to climb around this hill on the side
  • Heading into the canyon
  • Wow wow wow
  • Everything on the left of the river is Mexico
  • Walking back, cool trail
  • Mexican goats!
  • That is where we are hiking to tomorrow. Emory Peak
  • Great overlook to relax and eat dinner
  • I really liked this spot. The sun was warm but the breeze was nice and cool
  • Full moon rising over the mountains
  • Great sunset over the park
  • Happy Spencer
  • Driving to our campsite
  • It got dark fast
  • Trying to stargaze but the moon is too bright
  • Our campsite that we never used or even saw in daylight
  • So peaceful in the mountains
  • Hmm the moon looks like the sun
  • Probably the best (if not only) full moonset I will ever see
  • Starting our 10 mile hike
  • Water break with a view
  • Our destination in the background
  • Sample platter of the three most common plants we saw
  • Very colorful with the sun rising
  • We saw lots of these beautiful blue birds
  • Haha it’s looking at Shelby
  • Chisos Basin and scenic rock cliffs
  • Starting to get some good views now
  • Might as well stop for a snack
  • Getting warmer in the sun
  • Woah crazy rock scramble at the end
  • There was actually an easier way off to the side
  • Amazing view from the peak
  • Hey I can see our campsite from up here
  • Thanks Justin for taking my picture
  • All alone at the top
  • Alright time to come back down
  • I carried the tripod all the way up here for this picture
  • Long way down
  • Cool seeing everything again in the sun
  • That view is called the “window”
  • Time to go, leaving the basin
  • Driving across southern Texas

Photos from Guadalupe Mountains National Park

  • Really starting to feel like the west
  • Another rest area sunset dinner for us
  • Waking up with this view
  • Nice sunrise at the rest area
  • El Capitan viewpoint
  • Good views in both directions
  • Another day, another national park
  • Walking the Devil’s Hall trail
  • Into the “wash” now
  • Looks like an old river bed
  • Little cave overhang with cool rocks
  • Climbing up an old waterfall
  • Easier than it looks
  • Eww dark abyss pool, don’t fall in
  • Finally arrived at the canyon
  • Pretty cool
  • A Hall in the Devil’s Hall
  • Very interesting trail
  • Last picture in Texas

TRIP STATS

Days Traveling: 365

Miles Driven: 34500

Average MPG: 37.6

States Visited: 48

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