Kitty Deschanel

Coffee in hand, I'm ready to start another long day of driving. Or at least another long day of napping in the passenger seat. But first, Sexy Nerd has a clever travel tip. Not enough counter space in your hotel room? Use the ironing board! We stopped at my aunt and uncle's house for breakfast. They have the cutest dog ever! Seriously, this dog was even cuter than Biscuit! Here is Sexy Nerd, charming my grandma. How many little old ladies are computer-savvy? Go Grandma! ;) Sexy Nerd's coffee hasn't quite kicked in yet. Cute photo though. So many Neals!

Time to hit the road. After about an hour, we stopped to stretch our legs at a park I'd seen on the Deming tourism site. Sexy Nerd doubted that Deming even had a tourism site and was concerned that stopping there would lead to our deaths. It was such a neat park that even Sexy Nerd lightened up. I would never plan for us to go somewhere dangerous...as long as you don't count that Super 8 in Kissimmee. Things were okay until I got into bed and found something tucked into the sheets. But that's a different story. Deming should advertise this park as a botanical garden. Back on the road to Tucson, we saw many interesting sights. Has anyone out there ever actually stopped to see The Thing? I told Sexy Nerd that I've been there and that it's just a totem pole, but I just said that because I don't want to pay $2 for us to see it. I checked online. It's a mummy and a bunch of junk. $2 could buy us lunch at McDonalds! Everything was going well.

After downing a couple cups of coffee, we started our day nice and early (8 am). I packed us some healthy snacks, including peanut butter and honey sandwiches, which don't need any refrigeration. For those of you wondering about the can of soup, it is an ideal hotel room food. Just serve it in the coffee cups. Our first stop. We lasted about an hour on the road. Damn you, coffee. In about 3 1/2 hours, we arrived in Las Cruces. For lunch, we went to Nellie's Cafe, Las Cruces which I'd read about on TripAdvisor. It looked like a decent place, but getting a table was confusing. First, we waited at the front door, hoping a server would seat us. After a few minutes, a waitress told us we need to put our name on the list around the corner.  We searched for a while and finally found the list posted in the doorway of the dishwashing area. After adding our name, we went outside to wait. There were plenty of empty tables inside. Ten minutes later, a man propped the door ope

The sunny, hammock weather has returned to Albuquerque! Our doggies couldn't be happier. Have a great weekend, everyone! *And, just a friendly reminder, click the name of the linked post to visit that link OR click on the photo to share the post on Pinterest.