epic road trip, the long drive home

we drove straight from new orleans to memphis, stopped in memphis for a couple of hours, the drove straight from memphis back home to upstate ny. I snapped this picture somewhere in ohio as the sun was rising.

here we are on the cusp of re-entering new york state.

here we are around syracuse, still over 2 hours from home, and just about ready to throw in the towel with this driving business.

ps: shellbell at chapped lips and all... nominated us for another blog award! Thank you! 

 

epic road trip, central bbq

 

central bbq is one of two reason we detoured 2 hours out of the way to stop in memphis (the other being quik chek). m used to live in memphis, and we couldn't leave the south without stopping in to his old stomping grounds and completing our "food tour of the south" with a couple of pulled chicken bbq sandwiches and sweet teas. phenomenal.

epic road trip, walking with my feet ten feet off of beale

 

 

 

 

epic road trip, walking in memphis

 

 

the old daisy

the new daisy across the street

epic road trip, new orleans cemetary

 

 

 

 

 

we visited one of the oldest cemeteries in new orleans. this cemetery was flooded during hurricane katrina. in new orleans, they have to bury their dead above ground because the city is below sea level. some of the grave in this cemetery dated back to the 1700s. 

epic road trip, breakfast in the french quarter

our walk to get breakfast at cafe du monde

can never get enough of the french quarter

epic road trip, SHARKS!

 

 

m's favorite movie is jaws. he's a little obsessed with sharks. we were psyched to spend some time with these big guys at the new orleans aquarium!

epic road trip, a little more nola

harrah's casino...where we lost a little more money than we should have...

t-rex on the mississippi!

my favorite fish in the aquarium

what, just makin funny faces in the rainforest.

piranhas!!

ps: last call to enter to win a handbound journal/sketchbook by rainbowwrangler!  you have until 11:59pm tonight!

epic road trip, exploring new orleans

waiting for the st charles trolley car

new orleans street art <3

new orleans cemetary

ps: don't forget to enter to win a handbound journal/sketchbook by rainbowwrangler!  

epic road trip, more new orleans aquarium

 

please make sure you go over to an experiment in poverty to enter the giveaway for any one item in my shop!

epic road trip, new orleans aquarium

psssst! please don't forget to enter a giveaway for anything from my shop over at an experiment in poverty!

 

epic road trip, the french quarter

epic road trip, hello nola