so, it's been 9 months, and we could have sworn we took at least one more roll of pictures, but here's some select images from the first roll of our trip. we didn't start taking pictures with the signs until texas, but we also crossed into arizona at night (not the best time to take pictures) and started having van trouble in new mexico. anyway, so here's some of the better pictures from the one roll we could find that covered from cali to arkansas.

vagner and ororo guard our boxes while we pack the truck

new mexico - mostly flat land and mesas like the one in the front, but some greenery other than scrub does exist there. ;)

that same mesa, up close & personal (picture by jewel, taken from the car).

the kids and the official texas sign.

that's the kids at the base of the largest cross in the western hemisphere located in groom, texas we actually took quite a few pictures of the monument are but i'll only subject you to this one. ;)

the kids with the arkansas sign.

we believe this is tennessee we couldn't do a sign picture because the sign was on a bridge

more tennessee.

yea, we really didn't take very many interesting pictures. the other problem, of course, was lack of money - which means we didn't get to spend any time in the parks. i was pretty sure i took pictures of the dinosaurs along the side of the road, but can't find them. if we ever find our "missing" pictures, i'll be sure to post some of them as well.

speaking of which, the csoul mini-concert pictures won't be posted until we have a scanner. i had set up the negatives and cd to be sent back to the developer and they somehow got lost. :(

tomorrow: from alabama into georgia!

word of the moment: posset to cause to curdle or coagulate; to pamper with delicacies