| | UFORTE: Day 8. "The Final Frontier" (That was cheesy and I apologize)
This is where we woke up on Day 8. Well, sort of. Our campsite was actually at the bottom of this canyon. Palo Duro Canyon to be exact. It was a decent campsite, although it was extremely humid and buggy for the first time on the trip. That's okay though because the view is pretty awesome.
As we headed for home, we drove through a little town that had funny signs along the street. There was a "I Saw Her Again" sign and several others, but this one takes the cake.
We had one last stop to make before we pushed for home and that was the Cadillac Ranch. Here you can see several cars (more than in the picture) all with their back ends in the air. This is to show the evolution of the Cadillac tailfin. Whatever, you go, you spray paint on the cars, you take pictures... it's a good time! So it was kind of rainy and windy but we took lots of pictures.
Oh yeah and we met these two bikers from Chicago. On the left is Bubba and on the right is Sean. We took pictures of them, they took pictures of us. We took this picture together and then they asked us to ride on the back of their bikes with them. Some of our group may or may not have been interested in that proposition... "Sean is hot! Can I go with him?"... It made for a good road trip story though.
Somebody had already drawn the guitar so we wrote our names next to it and were on our way.
It was to be our last meaningful stop on the UFORTE trip. After that we pretty much drove through Oklahoma and Kansas. By the time we got to my house, we were pretty pooped and we went our separate ways. The two remaining riders in the truck, Ginger and Spike, had now crossed into adulthood and had to join the real world... as teachers... dun dun dun.
But all in all it was a fantastic trip with fantastic stories and even more fantastic pictures. 1200 pictures to be exact. Who's up for a slideshow?
In current news, I'm preparing for possibly the most stressful two weeks ever. I have to take care of my brother by myself for 4 days, pack and move into Sellards, complete a shift in Sellards, fly to Colorado, participate in activites relating to a wedding, fly back, drive to Lawrence, begin band on Monday, take care of speeding ticket on Wednesday, start classes on Thursday, and at some point I need to schedule physical therapy, unpack at Sellards and buy my books. Not to mention I have a party to attend on Wednesday and countless other little tasks to complete. Urg.
Yes, you read correctly. I did get a speeding ticket last Friday. It was pretty frustrating and it really was an unfortunate incident. They apparently just moved the speeding limit from 55 to 45 over a bridge and I of course, missed the one sign they provided. So there you have it. It was bound to happen sometime. Oh well. And the physical therapy is for my ankle, which has been bad since last year's marching season. I keep reinjuring myself so the therapy is just to strengthen it, not fix it. She thinks it should be okay for marching, but I'm pretty much always going to have a bum ankle. So what else is new...
But despite the stress, I'm done with work now. Yay!! Let me rephrase, TRIPLE WOOT! It was getting old real fast. I'm very excited to head back to Lawrence and get back into band. It should be a pretty awesome year.
~ "Why would you ever need 1200 pictures?!"
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