NAWLINS!

FINALLY over the Mississippi!!!!!! That was the big event. Cousins are awesome, got here a bit late, due to a few accidents along the way, backups etc. but we are here, got a quick bite & are planning tomorrow. plan to visit voodoo queen cemetery, Anne Rice's house in the garden district & of course the french quarter and beignets & muffalata.... so hope for a great post tomorrow. ---deny

ANd MAGSIE SAY:
New Orleans
Hey there,
Well, got into N.O. a bit later than expected, so it was hard to see much tonight. Had a lovely dinner, and are visiting with Deny's cousins. Tomorrow we go to the French Quarter and to see areas that are still really devastated. Still, it's a lovely city. We've seen lot's of egrets and unfortunately alot of dead armadillos. Well, time to call it a night. Chat tomorrow.

the birdies we saw

DISCLAIMER: these are not our photos , we borrowed them from yahoo,
we saw this guy : Scissor tailed flycatcher today , zooming about the highways in hill cuntry
and this guy was in NM, around las cruces : northern_harrier
guess which one is which!!!

DAY 2.... ends in Texas

Phew, long day , about 12 hours....and mapquest said it should take 10ish, we think we were either abducted by aliens or its an effect of time zone shimmy...we aren't sure but we are being entertained by books on tape, Louise Rennison's novels about Georgia Nicolson, a precocious british teenager.
I must say I prefer southern TX to the panhandle, prettier, & the medians were filled with wild flowers & I think it must have something to do with LadyBird Johnson's Wildflower center. very pretty. It rained alot, we decided not to go to Austin, but to spend the extra time in Nawlins with my cousins!
Margaret didn't write anything today, so thats all I have, maybe she'll write in the AM, but really it was uneventful.
Here is a pic & pretty much it looked like this the whole way , after we got out of the 'big bend' section & into 'hill country'
Okay kids, g'night ...

So Mags speaks:

Tex-ass

Hey Kitty Kats,
Well, we are in Houston. Tomorrow we will go to New Orleans (Thank God). Note to self...if you ever get the wild idea to drive across the ridiculously large state of Texas...have someone smack you silly until you regain your senses or lose consciousness....either way you'll be much better off.. Really though, it's all been pretty good so far. We've encountered some ugly rain storms and lightning, but no tornadoes, so that's a bonus. We are currently in the hotel with beer and goldfish, so all is not lost. Must be a zillion cows sort of randomly wandering about in this state. We've seen a few birds we've been unable to identify, so that will be fun to track them down. We keep losing bits of time, too. Keep your skirts on, it has NOTHING to do with beer or goldfish!!! It's either alien abduction or time zone time/space fluctuation. Well, must get back to lounging about.
s'later

DAY 1 ends in Texas

We met a road runner in Las Cruces, NM! he was made out of old rubber shoes & found trash, he was very tall we could walk under his legs without ducking. (google las cruces roadrunner rest stop) lucky us margaret insisted we stop to pee! This guy made the whole day worthwhile, better than white sands.
we drove from Tucson to El Paso & mags drove the whole time, don;t think I can get away with that tomorrow!!

This is from Mags blog
on the road....

Hey there,
Well yesterday was one long-assed day. My flight was delayed, etc. I was up for 22 hours...woo hoo. We went to Tuscon to the Hotel Congress. It was a funky, wild place which was very cool. Woke up with a tick attached to my arm..... We drove to El Paso, TX today, and may try to make it to Houston tomorrow. The Texas long-haul has begun! Check back later.
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let the road trip begin...Friday!

Hey all,
Deny & Margaret here, (well actually, she isn't here yet, I am waiting for her flight.) We decided to blog our trip! aren't you excited? it should be RIVETING. Thelma & Louise in reverse, we haven't decided who is who yet....
Mags will write, since I suck at it & I will take some pics, we'll do our best to post & respond if need be. 7 days RT10 to RT95. This is the pre paragraph from her blog:

We are checking out the Hotel Congress in Tuscon.....funky 1919 place with live music venue. Should be a kick ass way to start a road trip! Then we are on to New Mexico, where hopefully, all the aliens we meet will be friendly! The brutal part of the trip begins in the Lone Star state, where we've been promised tumbleweeds and oil wells. Maybe we'll meet up with Roadrunner and Coyote....? The Big Easy will be a welcome relief from the cross Texas journey. Can ya say Nawlins Jazz, hun? Woo hoo! Then on to the Sunshine State to visit one of my fave folks on this here planet! We are guaranteed entertainment and good times there. Check in here regular, y'all, 'cause we will be chit chattin' 'bout our adventures! S'later.

http://www.hotelcongress.com/