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Austin Texas and FAMILY (Part I)

By on Jul 17, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

After a disturbing nights sleep we were on our way to the Texas capital, in the same clothes we had wore the day before because I hadn’t bothered to find a laundromat to do any laundry. (This trip really tested my patience, my sanity, my love for my husband, and my morals. I am not one to wear dirty laundry or sleep in a trashy motel but hey, marriage. And compromise.) We made the two and a half hour drive from Houston to Austin where we hit stop and go traffic. Everyone knows that s.a.g. traffic sucks but when you’re on a motorcycle it’s even worse. It was 92* and humid as well. We were dying in our riding gear! We finally made it to the capital grounds after some time but couldn’t find a parking spot. It didn’t help that it was graduation weekend and lots of people were in town for graduation ceremonies and dinners. After several loops around the block,...

Nasty Motel

By on Jul 15, 2017 in Adventure & Travel, Life | 0 comments

Recap: In the previous blog, we drove from New Orleans to Baton Rouge where we sat inside a McDonalds for four hours. Eventually, we made our way towards Austin, TX. We had planned to drive all the way to Austin but due to work, we were only in Houston by 9:30pm. We debated whether to drive another three hours in the dark to Austin or find a campsite or hotel in Houston. Since, we were already on a longer stint than our normal weekend trips, we weren’t fond of the idea of setting up a tent in the dark and having to pack up again. Needless to say, we were in the market for a cheap motel. After a quick search on yelp, we found one on the outskirts of town for about fifty bucks. We knew it wasn’t going to be anything great but it would give us a place to sleep for the night. As we were pulling into the motel, RJ noticed an adjacent establishment that advertised an entire $5...

Expensive Mugs and Fine Dining

By on Jul 13, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

We woke up the following morning with a few bugs crawling on us since we hadn’t set up the tent the night before. There was a bit of tension in the air from last night’s marital discourse regarding where to place the sleeping mats. I started rolling up the sleeping bags and deflating the sleeping mats while RJ struck up a conversation with our campsite neighbor whom we had noticed the previous night sleeping sans tent.  The man was from Minnesota and was on a guys-only trip with a few of his buddies. He asked about our bike, where we were from, and where we were going.  He and RJ got to talking about motorcycles and RJ discovered he owned a bike as well.  After adding each other on Facebook, told us to contact him if we ever make our way to Minnesota so he could ride with us and show us around. I had finished packing so I grabbed my clothes for the day and walked over to...

Baton Rouge/New Orleans, Louisiana

By on Jul 13, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 1 comment

We geared up and set our GPS for Baton Rouge.We rode through gorgeous green country, lots of soybean fields and trees lining the road. Sprawling estates enhanced the beauty of Southern Mississippi and continued into Louisiana.Stretching 34 floors into the Louisiana sky, the tallest capitol building was easy to spot from miles away.We parked beside Capitol Lake and walked through the side garden to the entrance.It was bustling inside: people everywhere, from legislators and senators to tourists. We climbed the stairs to the second floor where we got our stamp from the information desk.RJ and I sat in on the House of Reps for a little while and listened to the agenda and bills to be passed. After listening to the committees and realizing nothing too exciting was happening, we decided to venture to the observation deck, 27 stories up.I was not about to walk up all...

Jackson, Mississippi

By on Jun 26, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 1 comment

We woke up beside the Mayes Lake in LeFluer’s Bluff State Park, Mississippi. It was already getting hot and muggy at 7am so we packed everything up as fast as we could. RJ headed to the bathroom for his morning tinkle where he ended up making a friend with a dude who was also on a motorcycle trip. That boy has gotta learn to stop talking to strangers when he pees. Once he finished telling me all about his new friend, we headed over to the Jackson Capitol building. It was a short and unmemorable drive to the landmark. By this point in our adventure, we’ve lowered all expectations for parking near the capitol building; however, we were fortunate in this instance. After finishing our usual routine of removing our gear, evaluating the possibility of being ransacked by passersby, and then consequently locking up our helmets, we headed towards the capitol. From the outside, the...

Little Rock, Arkansas

By on Jun 25, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

…The next morning we packed up our gear and made our way to the Arkansas capital. An hour later we were in downtown Little Rock looking for a place to park.  The building was empty give or take a few employees and two guys in dress clothes walking laps at a fast pace on the second floor for exercise. We walked into the gift shop where we got our stamp and found our cheapest coffee mug yet. But in the end it actually cost us the most money. Stay tuned. The gift shop lady was very nice; she asked us where we were from and how many states we had visited so far. She had visited a lot of the capitols and let us know that the Arizona capitol was not worth visiting and New Mexico’s was interesting as well. We thanked her for the information and exited the building, talking about all the fun and interesting people we had met so far.  From Little Rock we made our way to...