Phoenix to Indy trip

posted by Kandi


This is me, just off the plane. It was about 34ish when I left Dayton and 90 in Phoenix...ROCK ON!!!

Imagine, if you will, driving through the New Mexico desert at 80 MPH. Now, imagine seeing a billboard that you read as "Fred the Head" with a large deer head on it. Now, upon getting a closer view (and seriously questioning your vision), you see that the sign actually says "Feed the Herd" and is a billboard for a local restaurant. Yeah, that pretty much explains the trip. I haven't laughed so hard in so long. Over the craziest little things, like, a billboard. I also saw a sign that looks a lot like the "Deer Crossing" signs you see all over this part of Ohio. Sadly they were not deer signs, they were for Mountain Lion Goats. What's a Mountain Lion Goat you ask? Well, it's yet another one of my brain lapses. It was a sign for Mountain goats (I think, maybe moose), and I couldn't think of the name, so I said "Mountain Lion, Mountain Goat, Mountain Lion Goat"...yeah, my brain is funny like that. I had to stop writing this just now because I was laughing so hard. So, I'm going to share some of the beautiful scenery with pictures. I love my camera!

The pictures actually go backward from St. Louis to Phoenix.

The Gateway Arch

The sign for this said it is the Largest Cross in this hemisphere.

This one reminded me of the what I think of when I think Southwestern United States
This one is of cattle roaming the range with new "green" technology wind turbines behind them. Mixing old and new...LOVE IT!
When I saw these, I thought of Cars, the movie. It's actually somewhere in New Mexico.

I thought this tree was neat. We were near the Petrified Forest.
These are made out of metal that has rusted. So cool!

This is heading North out of Phoenix toward Flagstaff.

We weren't sure what the smoke in the distance was.

Check out all the Cactus! They were a bit dry and not as green as they can be.

Well, I was standing on the corner...

posted by Kandi

I'm baaaaaaack. Did y'all miss me? Neh, I didn't think so either, but you never know. The trip was LONG and the scenery beautiful! For those of you who may not have been "in the know", I helped my Aunt move from Phoenix to Indianapolis last week. I flew to Phoenix on Tuesday and we started the drive on Wednesday. 4 days and about 1600 miles later...I'm exhausted.

While we were on our trip though, we did manage to have a little bit of fun. Who knew some of the little oddities about our country. Did you know that there is actually a Winslow, Arizona? I knew there was a city named Winslow, what I didn't realize is that the city reminds me of something out of the movie Cars. It was a totally cute little town, that like a lot of them along Route 66, were probably hit by hard times. Really though, who hasn't been hit by hard times lately?

So, while in Winslow we "stood on the corner". I know most people have heard of The Eagles. You know, the music group. Yeah, just had to jog your memory. They have a song titled "Take it Easy" and one of the lines in the song says "Oh, I was standin' on the corner in Winslow Arizona, it's such a fine site to see". My Aunt, being of The Eagles era, thought it would be fun to do just that. Well, we stood on the corner. We also took our picture as proof and spent some money at the gift shop directly across the street. All around, it was a good time and we really liked the town of Winslow. The people we spoke with were so kind and truly love the city they live in. So, thanks Winslow. You're corner is awesome and this traveler enjoys the memory of it all!

What Happened Wednesday

Posted by kandi

This weeks what happened is What happened to Kandi. I haven't been around at all this week. There is a good reason though. I'm on Phoenix, Arizona. Why? I'm helping my Aunt move. It's going to be a fun drive across the country and I'm totally up for something like that!! I realize that may sound odd to some, but I love doing things like this. I'm really enjoying my time here! Phoenix is a very beautiful, vibrant, sunny place. The temps here were in the 90's yesterday with no clouds in the sky....my kind of town! I would have posted pictures with this, but forgot the cord to download them. Poo!

So, that's what's happening this week. What are you up to? Share it with us, we'd love to hear about it!