Road Trip: Texas

August 5, 2019 Russell W. Warnick

Wednesday - Day Nine

It took us about 12 hours over two days to get through Texas, we went from torrential rain approaching Houston to clear skies and scorching summer heat into the Hill Country and Plains. It’s obvious to say but Texas really is big, and it’s everything you expect it to be. I’ve been to Texas many times before but always to one of the major cities, except that one time I went horseback-riding at a dude ranch with a dozen bachelorettes, that happened once. To truly see Texas you just have to get in a car and drive across it.

Road Trip: New Orleans

July 31, 2019 Russell W. Warnick

Tuesday - Day Eight

From Nashville it was a non-stop drive to New Orleans, passing through Alabama and Mississippi. It wasn’t long after crossing the Louisiana state line that we knew we were in the deep south, in the north road-kill consists of deer and raccoons, in the south it’s alligators. A mix up with our hotel room provided us with a couple of drinks at the bar, it seemed like the best way to start off our evening before setting out for the French Quarter.

Road Trip: Nashville

July 29, 2019 Russell W. Warnick

Monday - Day Seven

The morning started out a little something like this:

M: Well, the car is nearly packed, what are you going to do with yourself for the rest of the week?

Me: Look for a job I suppose.

M: Want to come to Phoenix?

Me: Sure, why not… I’ll bring my laptop.

M: Really…? Pack a bag while I shower.

And that’s how I ended up spending another five days in a car to Arizona, not before a quick oil change.

Road Trip: Thimble Islands, CT

July 26, 2019 Russell W. Warnick

Friday - Day Six

For our sixth and final day on the road, for this leg at least, we headed back home to DC, we jumped on I91 south out of Vermont through Massachusetts on into Connecticut. Before hitting the misery of I95 we stopped at The Thimble Islands, an archipelago (ARK-ih-PEL-ə-goh) just east of New Haven. As we didn’t get a chance to stop in Maine this was the next best thing to Cabot Cove, a cute harbor town that caters mostly to tourists and fishing boats. No Jessica Fletcher though. Tourists we were, so a boat tour we did. There are a few dozen of the islands, all of them uniquely beautiful, and all of them privately owned, with most home to mansions that would make anyone green with envy. Very Connecticut, even by Connecticut standards.

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