Went for breakfast with my daughter, ended up taking her to get a new tire for her car since one had gone flat. Great breakfast, then off to home! Had a great trip, but was ready to be home again. Road trip Summary: Days on road: 21 Driving days: 14 Miles driven: 6640 States visited: 11 States I’d never visted before: 5 State border crossings: 17 Oil changes: 1 2+ day cities: Austin, New Orleans, Santa Fe Cans of Red Bull consumed: 15 Food/beverages called Hand Grenades consumed: 2 BBQ meals consumed: 6

Visited the Cathedral of Junk in Austin. Spent the early afternoon with friends who moved to Austin. Went to Lockhart, the BBQ capital of texas. My first stop, Kruez, was my favorite. Wonderful BBQ. Next I went to Blacks. I found their meat too greasy for my taste, but it’s a popular spot, and really nice folks. Finally stopped by Smitty’s, but they closed at 6, and it was 7ish at this point.

Winny Texas to Austin Texas. Drove straight through today. Very foggy as I left, then the rain started, rained light-to-medium the entire 4 hour drive. Fredricksburg is wall-to-wall people. No pictures today given the drive to get to Austin, and the nasty weather. Got to the room, really cute, but 40ish and kinda chilly. Couldn’t enjoy the patio.

Blah breakfast at hotel, mucked about in Bisbee for the morning and got some gifts. There was an elder tour in town, so the shops were pretty crowded, even though town wasn’t, so I didn’t spend a lot of time shopping with the crowds. Bisbee’s a very cool town, interesting architecture, and built on a hill, very interesting to get around. Next, started the long drive to Austin. A lunch stop in Douglas for a good TexMex lunch, Mole was a little too sweet for my tastes, saw the Mexican Border for the first time ever.

Headed out for Oatman first thing, knew nothing would be open, but figured I’d take some pictures, and wasn’t interested in buying stuff anyway. An interesting turn of the century town, much seemed original, slightly touristed up, looks like it’s quite the town during tourist season, a fake gun fight kinda town.Made me think of a much smaller and less remodeled Tombstone. Clarke Gable and Carole Lombard stayed at the Oatman hotel on their wedding night, and visited on occasion.

Was going to go to SXSW, but had time on my hands being between jobs right now. I decided I’d combine heading to SXSW with one of my favorite things to do on my own, take a road trip. I had one place I wanted to visit again, since on a prior road trip, I only got to visit a short time, Bisbee, AZ. Headed off about 7:30am after coffee and some cold pizza (breakfast of champions) with my wife, @rabbitroodle.