The photos from the road trip came in, and I swear I thought these were going to be so great the art department was going to tell me something about me missing my true calling. Then about 10% of them have my finger in them.

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Goddamn, Wemby

Back in my old side of town and had to stop at Riva’s.

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It’d been too long.

Final grades turned in. Don’t think I’ll be doing it again anytime soon and I won’t miss walking up mountain to Education building. But I did enjoy my semester teaching at UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland.

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Told my wife the Cowboys schedule got released. “Is this the year?” she asked.

Ended up using 12 of these Kodak disposable cameras.

OTRO SANTI?!?!?

Places are actually serving expired roaches?!?!

I don’t have much to do today. Still haven’t finished Clika but I think I’d rather go stare at the sun

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Back home and there’s no other place I’d rather be. It’s cigar weather out here.

This movie is really going to take me two flights and 5 hours worth of being stuck in airplane to work my way through it. Maybe.

Eh. Available for trade

📍Day 11 Philadelphia After 3897 miles, this is the end for me and The War Elephant

In Philadelphia and they sure do got a lot of Benjamin Franklin stuff for a guy who was from Nogales, AZ

Hudson River

📍NYC Day 10 On to the last day

Aca andamos

We made it to Brooklyn

Alv. Can’t help but to take this as a sign that Mexico is winning the World Cup. Because what else could it mean?

📍Belfast, NY Day 9 Brooklyn today

Finally made it to New York

📍Columbus Day 8 Rainy weather all the way from here to next stop in Belfast, NY

Bucc-ee’s in Ohio? That beaver’s everywhere but Mexican Texas. Good sandwich though and I got another hit on the coke zeros

The Mexicans in Louisville are doing alright.

📍Louisville Day 7 I can see the end.

📍South Bend Day 6 When you come from historical football power, like UTEP, the Harvard of the Borderland, the awe of Notre Dame football doesn’t hit the same. Still, was cool to see Touchdown Chuy in person.

At Notre Dame where even the ducks are forced to deal with their guilt

Ira nomas!

Watching sports from eastern time zone. Do not recommend. Mountain Time Zone is still the sweet spot.

I don’t know about this remake

Some men see coffee machines in rest stops in Minooka, Illinois, and ask why; I see them and say why not

Great Plains

📍Omaha Day 5 Today's the first day that I woke up and it took me a few seconds to remember where I slept.

Perfectly timed my stop at Omaha for sparring day.

Made it to geographic center of continental US in Lebanon, Kansas. It’s cold as shit out here.

📍Dodge City Day 4. Got away from the highways and drove through state and farm roads. More of same today on the way to Omaha.

In Dodge City, Kansas. Might as well have a steak dinner.

Entering No Man’s Land on this War Horse

📍Albuquerque Day 3. Cloudy morning in the home of Johnny Tapia. It was sunny yesterday when I stopped at his mural.

Finally got to try the James Beard nominated Italian on ciabatta sandwich in Winslow, Arizona

Leaving the Mojave Desert