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12/29/06 - Alpine, TX Six days of driving from Michigan to Mexico |
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Almost six months after leaving Mexico, it's finally time to head back. So the day after Christmas, we packed up the van and hit the road. Since we've decided to move to Albuquerque sometime soon, we figured we might as well pass through Abq and drop off a few boxes of stuff at a friend's house "on our way" to San Miguel de Allende. Only 800 miles out of the way, so why not, right? But first, a stop at the lovely 4-star Hilton, located practically right beneath the famous arch in St. Louis ($46 on Hotwire!), and then a night in Oklahoma City (if you're ever in OKC, get a steak at Cattlemen's - best steak ever), before stopping at family friends Carol & Ric's in Albuquerque - where they serve fantastic pancakes. Today we left Abq and drove through southwest Texas. It was a very surreal sort of landscape. Out of all of the places we've driven, we've never felt quite so in the middle of nowhere. Miles of nothing, with cattle and distant snow-capped mountains the only things to see. And all of a sudden, on a two-lane highway, we hit a Prada store - with the nearest potential Prada customer approximately 700 miles away (we're thinking Scottsdale). Upon closer inspection, we discovered it was a art installation - Prada Marfa. Hmmmm, interesting. Our stop tonight is Alpine, Texas, which seems to be a mildly touristy town due to the fact that it's a mere 108 miles away from Texas' Big Bend National Park. Tonight we're staying at the Maverick Inn, an old motor court that was recently re-furbished into a charming & cozy Tex-Mex style motel. After four days of driving, we can hardly believe we still have two to go. |
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