Monday, January 18, 2010

road trip 09 part 1 (aka the continued adventures of mr. strawberry and mrs. orange)

Misty and I celebrated our 13th Anniversary on December 21st. This year we celebrated yet again by taking a road trip. This year we went to San Diego, California. We have spent our anniversaries traveling to see family. This includes our honeymoon which consisted of traveling from Texarkana, Texas to Eureka Springs, Arkansas (honeymoon spot)then to Hope, Arkansas to spend Christmas with Misty's family.
This was by far our best road trip yet. We think that is mostly because we took our time getting there (and because Sebastian got to go with us). Instead of driving straight through we took in some sites along the way, hope you enjoy reading about our adventures (btw Mr. Strawberry & Mrs. Orange were also along for the ride).
We started our adventure with a short jaunt from Ft Sill to Dallas to celebrate an early Christmas with Memaw, Maw-maw & Paw-Paw, Melody, Danny, and of course little Nathan.
























Our first destination was Carlsbad, New Mexico. As we were traveling we saw road signs for Ranger, TX home of Ranger College. Ranger College ss the college which Misty's dad attended before enlisting in the US Marine Corps. So we made our first unscheduled stop and explored the very small town and college campus.











After our adventure in Ranger, TX we continued our journey. Here are a few pics of the sites along the way to Carlsbad, NM.




























After arriving in Carlsbad we found a hotel to crash at for the night. This was our 13th Anniversary so we celebrated with dinner at a local place called "The No Whiner Diner". Then we grabbed a movie from a "Redbox" and hung out at the hotel the rest of the evening.