Man-cation: Part 1



Well, for those of you who don't know; Scott and his friend Joseph have set out for the Wild West. This all started as an epic idea several months ago. The original plan involved a three week road trip stopping in every major state park west of the Mississippi, LA, and several monasteries along the way. This seemed a little ambitious to me so they scaled it down to about a third of its original size. Even with an editing eye on the planning, it is still a huge undertaking of an adventure.



Blown over trailer 2



Blown over trailer 1

The duo took off early Friday morning around 6am and drove out the panhandle of Oklahoma before turning south and heading through part of western Texas. There had been nasty storms blow through there the night before and the guys were still catching the tail end of them. Everyone learns about the dust bowl in school as a child but they got to see what it really meant. Scott sent me pictures from his iphone for photographic evidence.



He said as they were driving down the road the wind was blowing 40 mph with gusts up to 60mph. There were semitrailers blown over all over the place. The first one they saw, they assumed was an accident but after the sixth or seventh they realized what was happening. The wind damage could be seen where road signs were blown off and water towers were almost knocked over. The dust from the dust bowl was flying around in a dirty brown haze, clouding the horizon. He even said they had a tumbleweed stuck in the grill of the car... You know you're in the Wild West when tumbleweeds get involved. 



All we are is dust in the wind

Leaning water tower of Texas



 

After leaving west Texas they drove into New Mexico where they camped for the night by a lake in Albuquerque. Now that is one long haul for a day. I'm sure they solved the world’s problems while simultaneously making colossal scientific breakthroughs. :) This is what man-cations are about.

This morning they broke camp around 8am and started the rest of their drive to the Grand Canyon where they will camp and hike for a couple of days. They say they aren't tired yet and that spirits are high which is good because they still have nine days and countless miles to go. Scott said he'll try and find some place with wifi where he can upload some pictures from the camera and email them to me to share. 

I'll keep the updates coming- All our love

S/A 



NM camp