So one of the reasons we moved to Arizona is the balance of bugs vs. heat. It is still holding up as being low insect, especially compared to Abilene, Texas, the winner of city with the biggest, weirdest insects for…
The Best of Our HiJenx Journey / And the Winner is…
The best beach of the journey was easily Panama City Beach, Florida: The best sunset was in Albuquerque, New Mexico: The best drive of the trip is a three way tie between driving down the Florida Keys: Driving down Florida’s Atlantic Coast from…
Journey Surprises Part 1
Here’s the video: The sculpture park in South Dakota was still one of the oddest and definitely most surprising experiences. It ties in with the more general unexpectedness of all the roadside things people have built in this country. Even…
Regional Roundup 8: Texas
Texas is certainly big enough to be its own region. Despite this, it was also a bit of a crossroads state as well. It is surely a bigger one, but even so, it had both Western and Southern qualities. The plant life…
Day 102: The Texas Panhandle
We woke up extremely early for our standards, in that we managed to see our first sunrise of the trip in Shamrock: After a quick breakfast as the hotel didn’t even make coffee (despite still having all the stuff out on display…
Day 101: Oklahoma City
We spent most of the day in Oklahoma City after an acceptable stay in one of their airport hotels. It had one building that was much taller than the rest: We went into an open episcopal church and met a…
Day 100: Into Oklahoma
Before we left Dallas, Robbi’s parents kindly treated us to breakfast at an Ameri-Mex restaurant, which was the sort of place where you could very easily have some Tabasco to put on your eggs. We opted for pancakes as we…
Day 99: Back to Work, Back to School
Problem One: Video editing is time consuming and benefits from an office environment. Problem Two: Like most adults, my friend, Robbi, works so it’s not that easy to see her. Answer: I’ll go to Robbi’s work. And as she worked…
Day 98: Dallas, Texas
After a good night with our friend Robbi’s lovely parents in Lancaster, we headed back into Dallas during daylight hours. Dallas was a lovely city during the day as well, and just immense. Robbi sent us to her church in…
Day 97: Abilene, Texas
We started off our day with one of the better breakfasts we’ve had on this trip, and not just due to it being entirely edible. The waffle maker made strawberry waffles in the shape of Texas: We had a long…