{Vacation - Days 1 & 2} - HALL AROUND TEXAS

Day 1 – Drive from Waxahachie to Colorado City, TX

We left around 9:30 am Sunday morning with our destination being Colorado City. We stopped over in Abilene to introduce the “Famous Daves” bbq restaurant to Nate’s parents and brother. And they were impressed and even suggested eating there again on our way back through! We made it to Colorado City sometime after 2:00. Mason was great for that leg of the trip. He played and watched movies and didn’t fuss much at all. Once we got to the hotel we were able to get Mason to take a 2.5 hour nap. Nathan and I even slept a little of that time. It was lovely. We woke up and got ready for the pool. Nate and Mason got it. We were a little skeptical, though…the water wasn’t the bluest of blues!! They didn’t stay in too long, but not by Mason’s request! That boy could stay in water forever…a total water baby! After their swim we went to dinner to 1 of the 3 places in Colorado City – Pizza Hut. It was okay, but gave me an instant migraine and indigestion. Come to find out – it gave most of us indigestion. After dinner we all went to our hotel rooms and rested for the evening. Mason didn’t have any problems going to sleep, thank the Lord. I was worried since he had a fairly late nap.

"I'm ready to go"

Bless you!

Snack in the hotel

on the road

Watching Bubble Guppies

Lunch at Famous Daves

Famous Daves

Swimming at the hotel

Day 2 – Drive from Colorado City, TX to Cloudcroft, NM

We woke around 8:00 and headed out of Colorado City around 9:15ish. This part of the trip was a little boring; West Texas. Mason did okay, but wanted out of his seat a few times. We were all pretty delirious once we started to see the mountains. We were snapping pictures left and right through the windows. We were all just beyond ready to be in NM and to see something other than pump-jacks and flat grounds!! Once we got to Cloudcroft we checked out the house, unloaded all of our luggage and then set off to explore the town. Which, we learned pretty much shuts down at 5 p.m. every.single.night! So we drove a little further to Alamogordo and ate dinner there. Mason was a little stinker and didn’t want to sit in his seat at all. Nor did he want to keep on his shoes – which became apparent throughout the whole trip. This boy likes to be barefoot!!! But this Mama does not like Walmart feet {you all know what I’m talking about}!! So that was a battle! After dinner we just drove around and looked at things. Mason had night terrors the first and second nights in Cloudcroft, NM. Which we should have expected with the transition and all. These seem to occur with any big transition, and well, this was a huge transition. Different house, different climate, time change, you name it.