Day 4 Grand Canyon to Globe, AZ – 432 miles (including 110 in a helicopter) As I trudged our gear down from the hotel room, Abi was once again loaded and ready to go. What the hell is it with him? While I loaded up, we made small talk. “Dude, that guy in the coffee shop the other...
Day 5 Globe, AZ to Carlsbad, NM – 545 miles Timewise this day marked the halfway point of the trip, but we were still pretty far away from the halfway point mapwise. We’d planned for longer runs while Fiona was at work, so we would be back on track in a day or so. At this point of...
Day 6 Carlsbad, NM to San Antonio, TX – 479 Miles Carlsbad Caverns National Park Winner – Most Unreadable National Park Sign Ever First in line that morning, we rode the Carlsbad Cavern National Park elevator 754 feet into the depths of the Earth. These amazing caverns stretch over...
day 7 San Antonio to Houston, TX – 380 Miles We had another great night planned with more television-related acquaintances, this time with friends Pat, Vicki and their beautiful seven month old daughter Kaitlyn. Pat is an Emmy Award winning audio mixer for ESPN, who had worked on...
Day 8 Houston, TX to New Orleans, LA – 424 Miles Cooing and hamming it up, Kaitlyn stole the show and our hearts during breakfast. I wished we had more time to spend, but with Fiona’s flight landing in New Orleans at five thirty, we had to get moving. Pat led us around...