After you’ve spent an evening in The French Quarter barhopping on Bourbon Street, dodging strip club barkers, and looking at souvenir shops all selling the same YOLO NOLA shirt and you’ve had your fill of 3-1 drinks, jello shots, and mysterious green daiquiris; you may be wondering what there is to do when the sun is up. Check out our New Orleans Guide for what to do in New Orleans for some trip ideas of your own. Continue reading
Have I ever mentioned that there is one piece of interstate in the country that I absolutely despise? I do everything I can to avoid I-10 through Texas. I plotted our whole trip around avoiding it. Thanks to Lauren’s reroute to Vegas the other day, this is now the fastest way to San Antonio. We’re booking it there so we can see my brother Mike, his wife Blythe, and my nephew “Prince” Leon. I had to suffer 560 miles of the longest, straightest, flattest, hottest stretch of road to get there, but it was worth the trade off. In return for my suffering we had 4 more days of fun with family and spoiling my nephew rotten. As a bonus we got to see the Alamo and try out some amazing restaurants!
Lauren and I are so excited! Thanks to our friends at the World Walk About blog, we have our very first guest post. This is an article that we wrote called “5 tips for Easy Road Trips with Dogs“. It’s a short article of 5 simple things you can do to make long car rides more comfortable for your doggies.
So please ramble over to World Walk About via the link above to check out the article. While you’re there, you should also see what they are up to as they travel through Asia.
When we left our hotel in Fresno we knew we were headed for a good time at our next destination. We were going to see my brother, Brant, who’s lived in LA for quite some time, and has been known to party in 4 Continents. What we didn’t know is that by the end of the 4 days we would have had drinks in a warehouse turned into a night club, a meal at a swanky beach-front steakhouse, nursed 2 hangovers, and attend a Space Party. We managed to do all this while also getting in quality time with the family and some time to ourselves. Of course none of these things were planned in advance, that’s just how it goes with us ramblers. We got in the car that morning listening to more Silversun Pickups to keep us company (they always remind Lauren of Brant) and drove to LA .
We visited San Francisco today and I must say our general feeling about the whole city was pretty much, meh. To be fair the city seems like a beautiful place and I’ve had many friends tell me it’s a great place to visit. I think it was mostly our fault we didn’t enjoy ourselves. Our “do everything spontaneously” plan seems to have backfired on us. Normally when we visit a major city we drive in, tap into the city’s vibe and energy wave, and then just wander around hanging out. Seems like today, however, the force wasn’t with us. Today was the half way point on our trip and we hadn’t come to any conclusion about our plans for the future. It was weighing on us both heavily. Continue reading