Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

[Matt]

The Tin Palace and I will be leaving for her new home in Chicago tomorrow. Then it’s on to Maryland to see family and retrieve belongings.  I’ll try to post some over the next few days.  Mixed feelings.  Got my first shot today and my new drivers license so it’s all settling in.  I’ll miss this thread.  It’s been fun.

[Chris]

@Matt:

I’ll miss this thread.  It’s been fun.

Same.

[Matt]

[Snowy]

@Chris:

@Matt:

I’ll miss this thread.  It’s been fun.

Same.

Same.

[Matt]

13 hour drive today through NM, TX, OK and MO.  Not a single photo taken.  Coffee and popcorn only.  Two days left to go. 

[Snowy]

@Matt:

13 hour drive today through NM, TX, OK and MO.  Not a single photo taken.  Coffee and popcorn only.  Two days left to go. 

Am sure the aftermath of that would not be a pretty sight - thanks for saving us from that scene.

[Matt]

I accidentally took a wrong turn off an exit in St Louis yesterday and found myself in the middle of a National Park…

[Matt]

As an aside, I don’t recommend driving 2000 miles in 2 days.  I feel awful.  It was striking to see the transition from spring in the desert to spring in the East.  I haven’t seen green in a while.  The Tin Palace has been moved along to a new home and we’re grateful for our time with her.  She’ll be living on a farm with plenty of room to run and play.  Goodbye old friend.  Thanks for the memories.

[Giles]

Goodbye Tin Palace, we'll miss you…..

[Matt]

For as many beautiful things I’ve seen on the road, I can’t discount the beautiful things available at home…

[zhivago]

What a splendid adventure!! Thanks for bringing us along!!

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[Manticore]

A truly wonderful adventure and thank you for taking us all along for the ride @Matt .

[Matt]

Last meal in Maryland.  I leave tomorrow morning to haul the rest of our stuff back home.

Soft crab sandwich on Italian bread with tomatoes and my father-in-law’s homemade tomatillo salsa and a Chardonnay…

[Matt]

Steamed mussels…

[Matt]

Roasted oysters…

[Matt]

Steamed shrimp…

[Matt]

Not much to see on the drive Mon and Tues.  Oklahoma was decidedly unexceptional…

The other 9 states were about the same.  Listened to a lot of Radiolab.

[Chris]

You gonna stop at America's Second Grandest Canyon when you go through the Texas Panhandle?

[Matt]

@Chris sadly i didn’t stop for shit.  It was a long and miserable drive.  The middle aged body is not built to sit in a car for 17 hour stretches.  At least mines not.

[Chris]

Ugh, that does sound miserable. It's been 15 years or so since I did that many driving hours in a day and probably 25 since I've done more than one day like that.  I can't imagine doing it now that I'm old and everything hurts before I even start the day. You have my sympathy…