Road Trip to our new Austin home!

Goodbye, Colorado!! (photos taken somewhere outside of Colorado Springs)

...that's me to the right following my honey...occasional tears flowing down my face ....goodbye, mountains :( ......I will miss you so, but promise to visit OFTEN!!

...The movers came, packed and loaded everything up two days before we left on Saturday (June 7th), so we had ourselves, Chance, and a few miscellaneous items with us on the trip down to Austin. We made it in two days (spent our first night in Amarillo .....sorry, no pictures from this locale as it was, quite frankly, dull and boring.....). But this picture signaled our official arrival like no other (it simply speaks for itself):

....I'm not even going to touch the slogan underneath the sign. ....It's just too damn embarrassing..... We also made a brief stop in the small town of Memphis, Texas. Although a real town that supposedly lives and "thrives" (term used loosely), it resembled a ghost town on many levels. Business hours are atypical, to say the least.

.....see our two cars in the background?? ....This was the "town square" ...on a Sunday .....yeah, pretty scary........where the heck is everybody??? ......oh, wait, .....I hear the "hallelujah" music. ...Never mind, mystery solved ;) ......What I can tell you is that is was ungodly hot this particular day in Memphis, Texas.

...Marsh considering joining the ranks of the retired.........

Marsh captured this next image in a storefront window before pulling out of Memphis, Texas and it pretty much epitomizes quite a few small, conservative Texas towns outside of Austin. I didn't even know he took this one until I downloaded the photos from the digital camera:

Spot-on, folks ...when representing your professional line of work in Texas, always don the cowboy hat so people know you're the real deal ......hilarious.....

...Upon entering Austin city proper, we felt a different vibe wash over us. Marsh thought it might be worth looking into getting our emissions tests on our vehicles taken care of right away and here's where we pulled up:

....ahh, Austin.....home sweet liberal home ;)