Days 15 & 16: Headed Home

The past 2 days have been spent primarily in the car. Of the last 48 hours more than half of them have been spent in the car. That means a lot of sleep and a lot of movies. There were a few funny and interesting things that happened along the way though. Yesterday we drove out of Arizona and through New Mexico to end up in Lubbock, Texas. We stopped a few times, but nothing major. The only stop that was a little interesting yesterday was one of the places we stopped for gas was in a little town called Happy, Texas, and in happy when you pull up to their gas station the meet you at the driver door and pump your gas for you. It was a different experience than we Florida girls were use to. The place was loaded with real cowboys and apparently gentlemen. that was about all that happened yesterday that was very interesting.

Today, however, we had a few more memorable stops. When we stopped at out first rest stop today Mom and Dad got out, but since we had been sleeping the rest of us moved a little slower. After sitting a while Austin and I decided to get out while we were there. When we came out of the bathrooms and were walking towards the car we realized Dad was driving away. About that same time Britt asked Dad if he realized Austin and I were not in the car. Apparently he didn't and slammed on brakes. It was a close call. Austin and I almost got left at a rest stop in west Texas. That's a long way from home!

Our next stop was a little farther down the road. We stopped at a place called Buc-ee's. Apparently it is the pride of Texas. When we went in we didn't know what to expect. It had home-goods section, a souvenir section, a deli, and a section that looked like an over sized gas station, but not quite big enough to be a grocery store. They had everything. We just used the restrooms, looked around and bought a few cookies. But now we have been to Buc-ee's.

The last "stop" we made was to turn around and take a picture of a sign outside a business. Keep in mind that we are in TEXAS and we saw a sign that read "Get away with murder, Kill them in Florida." That is horrible that the rest of nations feels so strongly about Florida now. Such a disgrace to our state.

Tomorrow we are stopping in New Orleans then Sunday we will be home! Now that we are on the home stretch we can't wait to be home! Only 2 more days, this vacation flew by!