day 48: austin to las cruces, nm

>> Wednesday, December 9, 2009

we drove from austin to las cruces new mexico and met up with my parents at the beautiful home of family friends, javier and ophelia.  the drive was long, 10+ hours, but the scenic views were spectacular... we are really seeing something different now.  along this drive you skirt the border of mexico and it got a bit exciting.  on one occasion we were prompted to pull over by some random pick-up truck, we believed it to be a robbery attempt.  as well we witnessed a border patrol high speed chase!

once in las cruces we had a couple days of quality food and family time.  ophelia is a master of mexican cuisine and she showed us much love, in return i made them dinner to return the favor.  we played some highly competitive dominos and we did some sightseeing; visiting my parents old home and the giant roadrunner built from recycled materials.

it was a blessing to see you mom and simp!  thank you javier and ophelia for the wonderful hospitality.


simpson, rosemary, kristen, andrew, javier and ophelia.

the brilliant view from the backyard of javier and ophelia's home.

cheffin' up some chicken marsala, corn risotto roasted carrot ribbons and broccoli rabe, sportin' ophelia's apron.

recycled roadrunner.

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ROSEMARYCUMBA December 9, 2009 at 1:14 PM  

Hey guys we loved spending time with you, it was very special for us. Got home at 11pm,and it is -9 this am. Take care, see you soon here.

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my wife and i have had a fairly mundane life so far. we live in northern delaware where we met, fell in love, bought a house and got married. we enjoy traveling, camping, surfing and eating well and we do not have any children. we are in our mid-thirties and have average careers, not glamorous or high paying, but consistent none the less. as time passes day to day in our mundane life there has been something growing stronger inside of us for years. that something is the need to break out of our slumber and live life to the fullest. we want to see the world and find a place by the edge of the sea to call home and open our own business. we keep revisiting this idea, reinventing the plan, but never following through. last december we got serious... we wrote down goals, step by step, to move towards achieving our dreams. we created a budget and decided we could feasible travel in our pop-up camper for 3 months exploring the coast in search for the place we wanted to live. we saved money for traveling, we got our house appraised, we worked on curb appeal & we sold cumbersome unessential possessions. last big step was to sell our house and our target was September. we finally got our house on the market on friday, september 25. we had
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in 2004 my parents took my entire family on a Hawaiian cruise. during this cruise i had a life altering experience... a surf lesson on the island of maui. being a water person already, i immediately i had a definitive connection with surfing. upon arrival back in delaware i went out and purchased my first surf board. i started surfing the local breaks occasionally. i got my closest friends into it and they too ended up buying boards. occasionally turned into frequently and then every day off of work. my first board turned into several and then into a quiver. surfing started as a hobby, a mere fascination and now is a lifestyle that provides me spiritual well being. the connection to a higher power is never more present than during a good dawn session. out in the line up the stressful hustle bustle of life melts away and i can get quiet with god and recharge my internal battery. i'm sure surfing means different things to different people, but for me it is about the soul. i feel i am a better person because what surfing does for me and i will pursue that feeling for the rest of my life.

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