That was alarming.

Well here we are, in Flagstaff, Arizona on Day 2 of our trip. When we left on Sunday afternoon we told ourselves that we were going to take the drive south nice and slow. But despite the fact that we are people with super chill personalities, we still just want to get to wherever we are going so we can immerse ourselves in the area.

So, let me take you back to yesterday evening 10:30pm:
After driving for hours through dark mountain roads, we finally (and quite exhaustedly) crashed in a Walmart parking lot somewhere near the four corners. Surrounded by other adventure enthusiasts and RVers, we set up our sleep area… which is the same as our couch area, dog area, clothes area, and food area. Anyway, after about 20 minutes of folding and rearranging in see-your-breath temperatures: BOOM we had a pretty friggen awesome sleeping setup. And we were stoked to get in it.
Finally get all in and settled and then after some movement, some nudging, and some button pushing, the alarm of our van starts going off, so subtly accompanied by flashing front lights. It was just great.
So I jump outta the van, barefooted and pajama-ed up when our vehicle is suddenly under the impression that someone is trying to break in. It then stays locked up for the next 5 minutes with my extremely claustrophobic mother inside along with my incredibly scared pup… keeping in mind the lights are still flashing and the horn still honking. And then there’s me… locked down in the freezing cold, laughing hysterically as I try and tell my mom to take deep breaths during her panic attack. Don’t worry, we finally got the car to calm the heck down, I didn’t lose any toes to frostbite, and my mom eventually started breathing again.

So here we are, crashing again for the evening and hoping we don't have an event quite like last night's. But who knows what the night... and day... and week will bring!
What we are screaming about now turn into the best stories later. Although, that event was a pretty good story, even at the time... for me, anyway.


Here are a few pictures from the day!

Aloha ke akua.

-Dai