weekend wandering, pt1

We woke up Saturday on a mission: to experience no boredom. We decided to take a road trip. We packed a sack lunch and started out around 10:00 a.m. As we started driving down the road, I asked Jared, "Okay, what direction are we going?" He said, "Oh, I don't know. How about south?" I said, "Okay." It was a pleasant day for driving. A few miles down the road, we heard a song request from the backseat. The kids wanted to hear "Man of Constant Sorrow." Miles later, you could hear yodeling from our car as we all sang the chorus of "In the Jailhouse Now" together while driving past skinny goats grazing on stubbles of grass in a Mesquite-filled "pasture."

After we passed the town of Christoval, I asked Jared, "Where are we going?" We looked at the atlas and realized that our road was leading to nowhere, so we turned around and went another way. I suggested we go to Mexico; it was only 2.5 hours away. An hour later, the kids told us, "We wanna go back to our apartment." We wondered where their sense of adventure was. We were exploring!!

We finally settled for the Caverns of Sonora 90 miles south of San Angelo. A quiet, hilly place it was, and we were excited to see some real caverns. At the visitor's center, Jared discovered that it cost $20/adult and $16/kid (age 4+) to see the caverns. Instead of paying $56 for a tour of these beautiful caverns, we decided to walk on a short trail and return home. What an excursion it was.

Back at the apartment the clock read 2:30 p.m. We sat on the couch and asked each other, "Now what are we going to do?" It was all in good humor.