3000 Miles To Graceland

[deemotored]

It would NOT be annoying!

[duality]

estimated cost in gas in 2006 - $215 round trip

estimated cost in gas in 2008 - $215 ONE WAY

I'm always up for trips, but thats too rich for my blood, you can fly there for less.

Have a good time!

[danjmcs]

I'm always up for trips, but thats too rich for my blood, you can fly there for less.

I hear you... but like they say, its not about the destination, its about the journey

[66Cooper]

estimated cost in gas in 2006 - $215 round trip

estimated cost in gas in 2008 - $215 ONE WAY

I'm always up for trips, but thats too rich for my blood, you can fly there for less.

Have a good time!

Yeah, you could fly cheaper, or you could sit home on the sofa and watch TV for even less (unless you are watching PPV's, but even then that might be cheaper LOL)

Its all about the trip, we changed our route and decided to head north instead of south at Las Cruces.

Went by White Sands, Alamogordo, Missile Museum, a Rattle Snake Round up place, over the mountains and through Cloud Croft NM, stopped at an orchard, checked out the little Petting Zoo, bought some fresh apple cider.

Had dinner at a place called Bovine N Swine BBQ Company in Hobbs NM. Drove another hour or so and are stopped for the night in Seminole TX, gonna go down to the Dairy Queen for a spot of dessert and call it a night now.

Drove about 570 miles today.

[deemotored]

You mean some MINI owners actually enjoy driving their cars??????

[66Cooper]

What kind of crossing is this for??? I thought I was still in America!


My Next Mod for a classic, lets see a v-tec keep up with this.



Made in GB too?




Anybody need any snake products?


Don't make me go all Ben Hur on you! We can kick it OLD OLD SCHOOL here.


A MINI goat


A MINI Horse


Oh crap, thats not a MINI anything!


A little altitude and 70 degrees cool, that's nice.


What is it with New Mexico and the road signs, now things are jumping off the mountains, hope it isn't one of those Ibex's, or what ever they were.


Time to fill up, I will wait here by the pumps at the source, maybe it will be cheaper.


Fridays BBQ Brisket and Pulled Pork!! YUM

[Mrono]

Oh crap, thats not a MINI anything!

HAHAHA

[R50]

Bovine and swine - that may be the best restaurant name, ever.
Hard to pass that one by.

[66Cooper]

Today started out at around 8 am AZ time. We stayed at a place called the Seminole Inn, it should have been Seminole WIND! As we didn't have anybody to keep us on a route, Debbie decided she wanted to see the oldest Doctor Pepper bottler in the world in Dublin Texas, so we headed south today.


I was glad this didn't last too long. Went from oil fields yesterday to peanut and cotton fields today, and the dust was flying!


If you look hard enough every small town has something fun going on.


Found the perfect street, I am going to put an offer to buy every house on it. (JK)


Jon, I know you are hot for all kinds of micro and mini cars, so I gave these folks your number, said you would pay top dollar!


Only in Texas would you be encouraged to slow down to only 60 miles per hour when entering the twisty bits on two lane country roads. They know nobody is going the speed limit anyway, so why slow down more than that?


Looks like a lunch invitation to me.


More country fun, too bad I couldn't get hooked up as a judge.


Here we are at the Dublin town limits.





Factory tours are only 2.50, they still use real sugar, not corn syrup to sweeten the soda. Dr. Pepper has 23 flavors in it's recipe, so take your time tasting it, and of course have one at 10, 2, and 4!



Hey, more museums!


MINI spotting!


Texas is famous for it's court houses in all the small towns, here is the one in Waxahachie. I had to go to Waxahachie because, face it, its fun to say.
Waxahachie, Waxahachie, Waxahachie....come on say it out loud three times.




Ended the day at 6pm AZ time in Greenville, saw this local Tex-mex place and who could resist a place called Ta Mollys!

488 Miles today, motel with king bed, refr, micro, highspeed internet and only $45 including tax....what a bargain. In the morning we head for Paris!

[It Works]

I'm thoroughly enjoying this trip Barney! Keep posting!

[danjmcs]

hehe, me too, great stuff.

[66Cooper]

I'm thoroughly enjoying this trip Barney! Keep posting!

Thank you, Thank you very much.

[duality]

awesome pix thanks for sharing.

reminds me of a similar trip i did 4 summers ago when I made it all the way to montreal and then turned back. 33 days that trip took.

[R50]

Are you letting the sideburns grow for Graceland?
Got some pommade for the 'do?

[66Cooper]

Are you letting the sideburns grow for Graceland?
Got some pommade for the 'do?

Actually I shaved the sideburns off and got a haircut before the trip. Jon has some pics of when I let them grow out and was in my pretrip focus period.