sxsw roadtrip

sxsw

Road trips. They are the ultimate! My sweetheart and I decided to drive to Austin from California for the ultimate festival, SXSW. Two and a half days on the open road to get there, two days to get back. We are gentleman road warriors, a little bit hard-core in the driving mode but really desperate for some green veges by the time we arrived in TX. The southwest stretched before us with beautiful colors and sawtooth mountains. I fell hard for the relatively small town of Tuscon, AZ when we stumbled onto a Native American radio station broadcasting soulful traditional songs as well as songs from the 1940's and American country. We woke up on a mesa overlooking the city, found a real family-owned Mexican restaurant, and headed to Las Crucas, NM. The local co-op there had an amazing selection of health food and supplies, and we also found free wifi, delicious falafel sandwiches, and a turkish coffee that literally saved my life (or at least saved my brain for a day) all at the perfect International Cafe. It was really worth the drive to have the experience of the land and the miles that are between places here in the States. I arrived home empowered, and ohh so very grateful for my pristine bathroom. Oh yeah, and I took lots and lots of pictures...