I spent last week driving south-north across (most of) Texas, and then jumped into a van with other Queens of the Road teammates for a West-to-East tour of this great state. I loved what we did last year at TIR and had to come back for more. There's about 203 miles of blog entries I could write about this experience, but for now, I leave you with the Top 17 Things I Want to Remember About TIR2012:
17. Falling out of the van. I predicted I would. I was right.
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| Guess who sat in this window seat?? |
16. Meeting the fabulous StephHahnTX live and in person.
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| Their team smoked by us about 4 AM! |
15. Running my first leg uphill through the state park, amidst charred remains from last year's forest fires.
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| Devastating to see the ruins, but it's coming back, slowly. |
14. Kristi and I attacking the bag of salt and pepper kettle chips. And the mint M&Ms. Both of those things are made with crack. Have to be.
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| We found a way to keep the Pringles from rolling around! |
13. Elaine's tiny tiara in her hair. The WHOLE way!
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| Elaine sporting tiara AND sparkly glasses! |
12. Lesley jumping out of the van to take on an extra leg after Dana's fall & injury. TEAM PLAYER all the way!
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She only THOUGHT she was done!
And that was after taking on an extra leg already! |
11. Our driver Jon stopping randomly so I could take pics of wildflowers along the side of the road.
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| Saturday's scenery was so, well, scenic! |
10. Elizabeth taking on two legs in a row in the heat of the day, like a champ.
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| 10 miles, midday heat. Done. LIKE A BOSS! |
9. Fi and Kristi tag-teaming the final leg in matching purple sparkle skirts, pulling sub-10 miles!
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| Last little stretch before the monument. Nice job, girls! |
8. Hanging out in the shade in Flatonia, Borden, and Weimar, waiting on runners to come in.
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| Barely could enjoy the porch before it was time to move on! |
7. Seeing Julie for literally two minutes at 4 AM off the side of the highway. NINE MILES!
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| LOVE THIS GIRL! |
6. My little plastic lizard friend on the hotel sink. Thanks, Alicia!
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| She might have needed to get some sleep by then!! Silly girl! |
5. Boob ice!!
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| Sometimes, you just need ice in your sportsbra. Trust us. |
4. Falling out of the van. A second time. Act surprised.
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| Our chariot for the weekend. Apologies to whoever rents it next... |
3. Longhorn cattle. Big daddy longhorn cattle. In the same field as baby koos! Hells yeah!
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| KOOS! |
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| Looks oddly familiar... |
2. Bluebonnets. BILLIONS of bluebonnets. Swoon.
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| God blessed Texas! |
1. Meeting new friends, getting to know others more closely, and seeing the great state of Texas up close & personal in all her hot, humid glory!!
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| Queens of the Road. DONE! |
7 comments:
Great pics! What an incredible experience to share with friends. I'm so thankful that you are SO good about documenting the fun events in photos!
(but sorry there the pics of the, ahem, grass incident didn't ,ake it to the blog!)
Love the post, chips and m&ms, and pics. Great job documenting the weekend.
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! Feel like I was there! So glad you guys had so much fun! Now get some rest.
Ha! I love it & I luv u! U are a ray of sunshine!!!
The pics are GREAT!!! I was so happy to see you Friday night and then scream at you out the window as we drove by exchange 26. And yep, we smoked y'all in the wee hours of the morning. Lol
I LOVE IT!! Thanks for sharing your pictures with all of us. I missed being there this year, but feel like I have had a personal tour guide now.
So many great pictures!! Jealous of this adventure - we so need to do it sometime! Also, why is falling out of the van thing w/you?? Ha! You are awesome!
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