T-Town

6.15.92 Having been an honorary member of the "T-Towne Crew", Tacoma, WA, I was curious to find out about a different T-Town, Tucson, AZ. Shanon made sure to get us to Blue J's for their 99cent breakfast this morning. Two eggs, potatoes and toast. What a bargain!

Then, we treked up to Sabino Canyon for a little rock climbing/cliff diving..which was fun. This is how I pictured the desert, lots of cacti, rocks, dry...etc. It required that we take a train up to the top before settling into a great spot for the afternoon. After soaking in our fair share of sun, we headed back to Shan's place for a little BBQ ribs.

We needed to do a little fine tuning of our upcoming route and decided to go to New Orleans after Houston and then to Florida (before the Marlins or Rays existed, keep in mind). We made sure that we had time to visit Daytona Beach before heading all the way down to the Keys.

We noted that by spending only 99cents on breakfast the past couple days, that our average cost/day was now at $28. At this point, we are 2 1/2 weeks into the trip and have driven 2,900 miles (spending $220 so far on gas!)

It was expected to take us 10 hours to get from Tucson to Odessa, Texas (population 90,000). Along the way, we crossed the Continental Divide and a time zone. The terrain was very flat and very bare. We were to meet another college friend there, Jeff, who would put us up for a couple nights. Odessa is the original Friday Night Lights town, and this was very apparent. Even the cab driver we passed was waving at everyone he saw along the road.

Jeff took his to his rec league softball game once we arrived. Unlike any rec league game I've ever been to, this one attracted about 500 fans. Must not be much else to do in town. Everyone we talked with was very polite and very interested in our journey. Very hospitable people so far in Texas! By the way, Juan Gonzalez hit another homerun for the Rangers tonight.