"MOBBING FAT"

3.20.10
So far we have discovered that although sharing a name, New Mexico is hardly relatable to that of its southern cousin. Being Team Awesome, we decided to drive straight from Las Vegas to Oklahoma, but oh ho Albuquerque had other plans for us. Yes indeed.

The Grand Canyon. For all you Bill Waterson fans, is best described as that of Spaceman Spiff battling the alien manifestation in the back of Lazy Sunday.
Back to the detour that is Albuquerque. The Ashland of the center states. After pulling a six hour shift the always bad ass Caley Rea hands the wheel over to Ruth. Only an hour and a half passes, however, before we run into our first road block. “I-40 CLOSED. SEEK IMMEDIATE LODGING.” Fuck.
…Four hours later and fueled by Econolodge coffee, we’re back on the road again. Where? Couldn’t tell you. However what I can tell you is that we are very lucky to have our very own Alaskan at the wheel. Currently, Krista is “mobbing deep” through what looks like a giant cookies ‘n cream blizzard.



So, we venture into south New Mexico, wondering just how far out of the way we have to go to avoid the storm that has i40 shut down. Eventually, we make the turn to east and Caley, Maggie and Ruth carry us through North Texas. The weather is fine and we think we’re home free, all of us marveling at how big the sky looks out here. But once we hit Oklahoma, we run into the same storm front that had us beaten in Albuquerque. Luckily the freeway stays open, and although its dark and icy, thanks to Krista’s amazing snow driving skills and with the help of St. Christopher we safely arrive in Oklahoma City at an average speed of 12 MPH. A little behind schedule and shaken up quite a bit, Trey welcomes us into his home with cheese pizza, a fire, two weiner dogs and the promise of a party where we’d be the guests of honor. We got shown some real Southern hospitality by Trey and his parents, and also his friends, who all were happy we’d made it at all and wanted to be sure we knew that they didn’t live in teepees. As someone who gets frequently asked if I live in an igloo, I could understand their emphasis. Let it be known that Alaska and Oklahoma have more in common than snow on the ground. And speaking of snow, Maggie Ruth and Caley made some very nice snow angels at the party, and all of us came away with some new friends.