The Trip So Far

May 24, 2010
3:17 pm
Middle of Nowhere, New Mexico


We're running on vegetable oil for the second day now. Yesterday we drove from Austin, TX to Clovis, NM. Austin was amazing! We drove into the city early in the morning on Saturday. We spent most of the day walking around Austin, seeing the sights. At dusk, we walked down to the bridge where the famous bats fly out at sunset. We were patiently waiting for the much anticipated flight of the bats, along with several hundred other people, when we were abrubtly informed that there would be no bats on account of it being mating season and all. Disappointingly, we wandered around downtown Austin and were soon overtaken by the beauty of the city. The next morning we swam in Barton Springs, a natural spring fed pool in the heart of Austin. We also filled the tank full of vegetable and made it all the way across Texas ENTIRELY ON VEGGIE OIL!! We stopped at a truck stop in Clovis, NM for the night.

This morning we woke up and we're once again on the search for more fuel. The idea of running on waste and actually doing it are two different things. Now that we are "on the veg" it's hard to imagine doing it any other way. People are constantly interested in the bus and what we are doing. We have received a lot of support everywhere we go. We filled up today at Taco Villa in Clovis and all of the employees were so kind. The manager, John, was thoroughly impressed with our bus and he gave us enough oil to make it all the way across New Mexico.

So here we are, traveling in the desert, snow capped mountains in the distance and all the while we are running ENTIRELY ON VEGGIE OIL! Next stop: Grand Canyon.

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May 26, 2010
Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon was absolutely breathtaking. It was honestly indescribable. We hiked down a couple miles and watched the sunset on the way up. The canyon really put some perspective into all of us. You realize how small you actually are in comparison.

Now we are once again on the chase for more veggie oil!

Heading to: Joshua Tree
Goal: Completely on the veg