Norman to Albuquerque
The longest day of driving is officially behind us. We’re about 12 hours from home now, and we’ll get there on Monday. I was thinking today about this trip and how amazing it is that I could spend 16 days in transit and only stop in two cities that I’d been to before. That’s it! Everything else has been completely new. While I wish I could spend two or three days in every spot to really start to understand how it feels to be there, I’ve compiled a nice list of places I’ll get back to someday.
That being said, I don’t think I’ll do this stretch of the country in August ever again if I don’t have to. It was over 100 degrees in the car most of the way from Oklahoma through the top of Texas and into New Mexico. We left pretty early this morning to go explore Oklahoma University’s campus for a bit and get our morning coffee there. Football practice was going on which got me kind of excited for football season. I’ve also been watching that Quarterback show on Netflix so I’m anticipating the season a little more than I have in recent years. Anyway, we’re kind of just off the highway by the University of New Mexico, on the outskirts of Albuquerque for the night. We got some really good New Mexican food. I tried Carne Adovada for the first time - very tasty. Understanding finally got to do his laundry. Nothing else too remarkable. Well, actually I think I may have made some break throughs on a few ideas for some adjustments to our social strategy that we can start to employ throughout the rest of the year. Hopefully it will help us connect and engage with more people out there who want to hang out with us on the internet and enjoy the things we make.
One final note that I find at least a little bit interesting is that I’m ready to get home. The same thing happened on the second to last night of the first leg of this trip. I heavily considered just powering through and getting home a day early just to get it over with. We won’t be doing that though. Take it as a sign to stay in the moment. Enjoy where you’re at. Don’t get ahead of yourself. Because I bet once it’s over, you’re gonna wish you had more time.
To Phoenix!
-J.P.