by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel
Phew! Phew! Phew! Breathe! Relax! Finally – over 5,000 kms, seven US states, two border crossings, a few hiccups along the way – a GPS system that failed us miserably with only 60 kms to go… But, we’ve arrived safe and sound. Didn’t rush out of bed today after five...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel
So near, yet so far! A rather eventful day, in one way or another. Alarm at 5:30 am, car reloaded, grabbed two coffees, muffins and bananas from the hotel and crossed International Bridge II at 6:30 to Nuevo Laredo. Passed through the first customs check-point –...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel
Well – not a long day, but extremely hot and monotonous! Immediately after leaving Artesia, New Mexico, this morning, we hit pancake-flat desert lands with sagebrush to the far horizons. A completely featureless landscape if you discount the hundreds (or thousands) of...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel
Well, I confess that today’s landscape lacked the spectacular vistas of yesterday’s Arches and Canyonlands NPs – although the high desert through the southern half of Utah, south-western corner of Colorado and into New Mexico was… interesting. Many hours driving at...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel
Well – what a wonderful inbox of positive messages from yesterday’s travelogue – totally unexpected, and please don’t feel you have to respond every day. It’s already uplifting to know that so many people are tracking our adventurous progress. Forgot to mention,...
by Jean Llewellyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel
WARNING: Any literary ramblings that punctuate our journey south across two borders will – speaking plainly and without guilt or guile – be entirely dependent upon and proportional to the brainpower and/or motivation left unsullied at the end of each passing day….!...
