We get various responses from toll booth operators, from "What a beautiful cat! [Shula on the buddy seat]" to "Are you towing a vehicle?" to which Tim delights in replying, "No, that guy's been following me too closely for a hundred miles!"

Elvis Has Left the Bus

Boredom is the nine hour drive through barren desert from San Antonio to El Paso. Such boredom, in fact, that I can't wait to see the clock on my cell phone change from from Central to Mountain Time when we cross into New Mexico. We do. It does. I blink... and miss it.

My day is ruined.

Tim always complains that this blog makes him look like an idiot. I always reply "Get your own blog." Well, after he gets the bus stuck in the mud (and we need cousin JT to pull us out with his tractor) he agrees that he will, and call it, "I Am An Idiot."