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Had an AWESOME road trip.
And now that i’m back…
…At least back in El Paso.
Might as well sum up my trip.
Didnt want to take i-40 because of construction. I figured that i’d either take the old highway, or come down to El Paso and see Zach for a bit, then head out. Apparently there was some really bad weather on highway 60, so I totally said no to that idea, i dont want to be in bad weather on a mostly deserted highway.
Ended up hitting Las Cruces with rain nipping at my heels. Filled up the fuel tank completely, and went across to the starbucks to look at weather and radar maps. Julia came to meet me briefly, and we plotted Nessa’s birthday gift (evil look).
Rain came down HARD and knocked out power to parts of Cruces, and it was getting worse, so at a light spot, i headed out. I cancelled the El Paso idea, because they were getting hit hard with a thunderstorm as well, and was going to cross THRU las cruces to get to i-10 and head west… but because of the power outage, the main road thru town was a parking lot, so I managed to u-turn over a median (and watched an ambulance behind me do the same thing, but less gracefully) and get back on the interstate headed north to albuquerque. I exited at Hatch, and took the old highway to Deming, then got on the east/west interstate and kept on going.
Grabbed a soda and 15 bucks worth of gas in South Tucson so I could get to Phoenix, because Sam’s in Tucson would be closed by the time i got there. Made it to Ashley’s and slept with kittens attacking my feet.
The next day, when I woke up, she had left keys for the apartment and the outside gate by my phone, so I went off to aquire food, fuel, and wash the bird crap off the jeep (because i parked under a tree)
Got a cheeseburger and a big ass soda for breakfast, washed the car, and got about half a tank. Then I managed to find a record store selling advance tickets for the show, and went and got a pair. Of tickets. Ashley and I went to lunch at the small burger joint by the building she works at, then I wandered when she was at work.
When she got off, we went to Starbucks for coffee (and a blueberry strudel muffin) to relax for a bit, then went to a Sportsman’s store so she could see and handle the pistol that she wants to get.
Later on that night, went to Josh’s house, then went to In and Out Burger.
Saturday morning afternoon, we got up, showered and got dressed, filled up the Element (15.9 gallon tank!) and headed to Flagstaff. Got hit with heavy rain on the way up there, stopped at a Starbucks in the middle of nowhere to pee, and get assorted caffinated drinks, then kept on going. More heavy rain, more lightning. When the rain cleared, I saw smoke in the distance in the mountains in the general area of where there had been some lightning activity, so I called AZ DPS to report it. Apparently, they had a previous report of a lightning strike in that general area, but i was able to narrow it down to a much smaller area to check, and they were going to send crews.
Got to Flagstaff, located the park, parked, and enjoyed a few of the early bands. I pretty much just lay down in the grass and enjoyed it, she wandered a bit, and we both got up and got closer to watch Thriving Ivory.
Had dinner in Flagstaff at Mia’s recommendation, then headed back to town. She went to sleep, i went to wander around Phoenix for a while.
Sunday was pretty much a lazy day. We drove to that part of Scottsdale so she could buy a phone to replace hers, and grabbed a cheeseburger while we waited.
Monday, I set off to Apache Junction to nose thru court files and records for a bit, then came back to Phoenix, had a late lunch with Josh and hung around there for a while before heading back to Ashley’s.
Tuesday, ate lunch with Ashley at the pizza joint next to the burger joint, then I went to get gas, then got lost headed out of town. Eventually got to Tucson, topped off my tank, and headed towards Cruces. Stopped at Julia’s house to steal back my jacket that she borrowed on thursday, got a cheeseburger, and headed home to El Paso.