Road Trip!

So here we are at the beginning of our last week in Florida.  We're leaving for California on Sunday!  We'll be driving (in Luke's dad's car - very generously loaned to us) through 8 states and 4 time zones, mainly along the southern border of the country (Highway 10 most of the way), covering terrain neither of us has seen before!  I think it'll be an exciting trek - lots of interesting places to stop along the way, and plenty of opportunity for pictures and memories.  One part of our plan (admittedly in an attempt to save a bit of money) is to try to stay in people's homes on the way, instead of paying for a motel/hotel room.  And that, friends, is where we need your help.  Here are the places we'll be stopping, where we're still looking for people to stay with:


Pensacola, FL
Lafayette, LA
Midland, TX
Las Cruces, NM
Phoenix, AZ


If you have any friends or family in these places (or within, say, an hour's drive of them) who you think would be willing to have some friendly strangers in their house for a night, please let me know!  We are willing to pay a bit, and can help with food, cooking, etc.


Once we get to California, we'll be staying with with a couple introduced to us by my dad, close to Claremont.  That's when the housing search will really start - actually going out to look at potential places.  For the moment, I've sort of given up on the whole house-sitting option.  Seems like most people in the area going on sabbatical for any length of time want to rent their house out, at prices way above our capabilities.


I'll definitely post some pictures of our trip, once we arrive in CA, along with road trip stories.  Until next time...