Roadtrip Playlist

Between driving from California to Texas, spending hours at the airport for Colorado, and driving back to California, we racked up a lot music listening time. My cd collection mostly consists of my early highschool taste since everything has been digital since, so our roadtrip was kind of like a silly flashback to that time. Here are some of the songs we listened to on our drive. I feel most of them are meant to be listened to on a wide open road, windows down, wind blowing, sun shining. So press play, open your windows, and pretend like it's spring!

What are your must have songs for the road? 

Drey $ Nicole

California to Texas Roadtrip

Our roadtrip from California to Texas a few weeks ago was very interesting to say the least! We were originally going to fly, but because we were going to be away from home for two weeks for our wedding and honeymoon, (which were both amazing, by the way!) we had to take the Bentley pups and loads of wedding decorations. We regretfully started our 24 hour drive off at 8pm just after mister got home from work and we got the car all packed up. Why did we leave when the sun was going down instead of getting a good nights rest and setting off in the morning? Well, my stubborn self was dead set on leaving ASAP because I had the strongest craving for taco bueno's party burritos and you can only get them in Texas. Yeah, that's it...food. Driving with no sleep was absolutely miserable! We switched off on driving 4 hour shifts while the other slept. I was woken up at 3am in Arizona by G yelling that he was getting pulled over, which resulted in a warning for going 73 in a 65, but a ticket for driving with a suspended license. (Those darn dui's will haunt you forever, folks.) After we settled down from that set back, our adrenalines kicked back in at the Texas border. When pulling through that pesky little "border patrol" station, our car was quickly surrounded by law enforcement and a k9 was circling us. We were asking to pull aside and step out of the car with our dogs on leashes, and were escorted a few feet away. As we watched a HUGE dog jump into our car, stepping all over our delicate wedding decorations, fancy fur coats and crunchy snacks, we were being questioned for gun and drug possession. Just as I was getting too worked up for my own good, they told us the dog found nothing and we were free to go. (But not before Tx Bentley marked his territory on some of their things!) We finally reached my parent's house a little over 24 hours later with a big bag of party burritos in tow and immediately went to sleep! 

Drey $ Nicole

Final Destination

Twenty-seven hours, eight red bulls, three five hour energys and two sodas later, we're finally here! It wasn't so bad with staying overnight in El Paso, trading off, and stopping often. We even picked up a few goodies at a New Mexico giftshop. There was a Mexican blanket/pancho 3 for $19.99 deal that we snatched up, racking in a pink, black and white blanket, pancho style hoodie in turquoise for mister, and a pink one for our unborn baby girl. No we're NOT expected...we just couldn't find one that I liked for me, and the little girl one was just too cute to leave behind! We also got a shotglass for my mom's collection, fridge magnets for every state we drove through on the trip (currently up displaying a few photos we snapped back home while visiting with my sister), and of course fireworks for Gian. I jogged down the side of an interstate at sunrise for the first time in my life. We stopped at all the state line signs and took pictures! In Phoenix, Arizona we went to a little Mexican food spot called Los Taquitos, that was featured on the show 'Diners, drive-ins and Dives.' It originated out of a taco truck, run by five sisters and a brother. They've now worked their way up to their own restaurant, and it was amazing! We're here in Long Beach now getting everything unpacked and settled in, and then the posts will become regular again! Stay tuned for new life updates!

Sincerely,

California $ Girl