After visiting David's family, we headed West across New Mexico to Tuscon, Arizona, for Patrick and Karen's wedding.
Also see David's photos of this trip.
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On the way out of Austin we stop at the Lake Travis Dam |
On the Johnson Ranch are some buffalo |
In Fredericksburg we eat at a German resturant |
We stop at Sonic Drive-In for ice cream shakes |
A view of the mountains as we drive across Texas |
The heat on the road makes a mirage |
Then, 200 miles from anywhere our brand-new rental gets a flat tire |
Luckily, it happens next to Mike's Tire Repair! |
The tire gets repaired |
And we drive on passing Texan cattle |
And flowering century plants which happens every couple decades |
Also known as yucca several types are flowering |
We get a new tire 200 miles later in El Paso |
In the distance are white hills |
We stop in White Sands Desert Monument |
Yucca grows (and flowers) here too |
Anne in White Sands |
David in White Sands |
There is life in the desert: an ant |
We got to La Posta in Las Cruces |
Which is made up like a rainforest inside |
We just miss getting into a winery that David's Mom likes |
So we get their wine at a supermarket instead |
Rest stop signs warn of local wildlife |
In Tucson, Patrick and Karen are busy with last-minute preparations |
We all eat at a Mongolian Grill |
Patrick and Peter escape heat in the shade |
We drive through Tucson |
To the rehearsal dinner |
Then to Patrick's advisor's house for the rehearsal |
Gregg and David take photos of... |
A white-winged dove |
There are swords for the wedding party |
One of the children notices the swords |
Everyone rehearses the ceremony |
As they rehearse the sun sets |
The recessional is through a sword-tunnel |
The morning of the wedding David and I birdwatch at Agua Caliente Park |
We meet a group of birdwatchers after a rare hummingbird |
For the ceremony David wears his wedding shirt and vest |
And here are the bride and groom |
The wedding party poses for a photo |
The wedding ceremony |
And recessional |
The next day David, Gregg, and I go to the Desert Museum |
Where there is the hummingbird house |
Gregg and David take lots of photos |
We can also see a fox in its underground lair |
A mountain goat |
An otter |
And cats: an ocelot |
A bobcat |
And my favorite a margay |
And plants too this is a Boojum plant |
On the way back, we arrive at "The Thing" after it closes |
Our hotel in Las Cruces |
We eat at Angies famous for its chicken fried steak |
And finally back to Texas |
We've driven over 2000 miles |
David's parents drive us past a pink gorilla |
To Houston and Erin and Brett's house |
Erin, Brett, and Katy |
Erin takes us to the airport |
We fly to Atlanta but traffic makes the plane late |
So we miss our connection and have to spend the night |
The next day we continue our journey |
And Scotland welcomes us home |
On the way home we see pass Scottish cattle in the fog |