UPDATED FINALLY WITH PICTURES!! my journey cross-country

I'm glad you had a safe and fun trip. I may be driving cross-country in a few weeks with my sister who is moving to NM. I may need more info on your route and where you stopped.

Good luck in your new home.

Glad to hear that you arrived safely and had a fun trip!!

Best wishes in your new home!!

Don't forget your LI roots

theresa...

I have been on I-10, 20, 40, and 70...so I can tell you the major stops...but i will warn you...there will be major sections that are just plain BORING!!

let me know which way you want to go...

Glad your trip was fun, I still can't believe you went to SD against my banning of it!!!!

Erica - what you wrote here ---> '...it is so friendly here..there is NO honking!! they sit and wait for you...and they let the pedestrians go...everytime!...people on the street, you have never met, say good morning and ask how you are doing...and mean it!! people in general smile...'

That is soooo true about California - maybe not LA - but, the Bay area was like that too. Such friendly people - I think the nice weather makes people nicer. JMO.

I will warn you though...drivers **** in CA, and the reason they sit and wait for you to turn is b/c they don't know the traffic laws about which car should turn first when you arrive at an intersection at the same time! LOL! DH and I always used to have a few laughs over that!

claud...thats one thing that annoys me (but the same is true in NY)...the drivers...they don't stop when they make rights on reds!!! they just fly through...regardless if there is a car coming straight...


I guess I just have to get used to it...


I wish I had my camera, but my BIL did not go to Mexico this weekend...hopefully he will (or we will) this weekend... I can't wait to show you guys!!!

glad you got there ok. Sounds liek a great journey there

UPDATED!!! FINALLY WITH PICS...

I took longer to get my camera back then I thought...i thought we would have gone to Mexico again...but we decided to go to surfing lessons the last two weekends instead...

but here are my pics...

St. Louis...this was literally the day between the tornadoes...and it was beautiful...and I was enthralled with St L...I begged my friend to agree to go through it...I just saw the arch as my gateway to living in the West...






Kansas was boring and flat...so here is Colorado...Pike's Peak...you can also see dirty I-25




next stop was Sante Fe...but I wasn't impressed (I was really upset about how blah it was...so no pics)
but here is New Mexico...


onto Arizona...
First stop...Flagstaff and Mt Humphrey's





desert...



the grand canyon...
in the first pic...you can see the little sliver of the Colorado River...which is really quite big...to give you an idea of how Grand it really is...





we hiked about half the way down...which is about 1/2 mile deep...but probably 3 miles hiking...(they advise even the best hikers not to go down and up in the same day...)



Mexico next....

DH owns a house (I guess that means I do too ) in Mexico...Its on the Gulf of California...or sea of Cortez (I could annoy DH by saying..'6 of one, half a dozen of the other')
---just southeast of Mexicali---



all I did was read...rest...and look for porpoises in the water...

this is the back of the house

you can see the pup really enjoys it


'too much sun and chewing on brooms for one dog'


heres my best attempt of a panoramic of the water...

and the separate pics...



low tide...


some of the other houses on the beach...DH says when he first bought...there were only 20...now there are 100+!!!



and relaxing on the back porch...I am not one for pictures

and I forgot to add the pictures of the beautiful red rocks of Sedona AZ... a must see on a trip to AZ...

going from flagstaff (grand canyon) to sedona...I highly recommend...b/c you get to go down a great valley...

here is the way to sedona...



and sedona

WOW, these pics are amazing. The Grand Canyon. WOW
What a wonderful experience that must have been. Thanks so much for sharing.

thanks liz...this is my third x-country trip...and I am pretty lucky to see so much of the country...DH says he will never drive it again...unless its in a mega-van or RV...lol

btw...what are you doing up so late??

Wow Erica, I love the pix. I feel like I have been cross country. Totally awesome. Thanks for sharing. i love them. THe grand canyon is wow

WOW! I am speechless... what an amazing trip...

Breathtaking photos!!

Thanks for sharing Erica !

since I can't sleep...I'll add one more picture...

from the house in Mexico...too bad the inside didn't come out so well...next time we go...I'll take better pics...we are trying to put up a website to rent it out when we are not down there...