AA

I’m a real road warrior! After leaving Marfa we had an intense drive ahead of us and I partied so hard in the car (slept). It was quite hot so I parked it towards the front, in between my two besties, and appreciated the AC that was blowing straight to my dome.

It was a fairly boring ride- lots of tumbleweeds and dirt. We finally got to a super cute town called Fredericksberg where a bunch of Germans settled years ago. I wish I had my lederhosen! Cat and Blake walked around the town and found out there was a peach festival that weekend so we found a bunch of roadside peach stands. YUMMO
We had no idea the LBJ was born in Texas let alone had his hometown named after him. Kind of incredible that an American president came from such a small place. There were also a ton of ranches surrounding Johnson City– apparently Texas is like Africa these days, they love their wild and exotic animals!
After sweating for 7 hours we made it to my Austin Aunts, Lauren and Elena’s house. Lauren was home and was so kind and she had two dogs that kept yelling at me but I didn’t mind. I got a huge room to rest my paws and those dogs were locked out! Cat, Blake and Lauren jumped in the pool while I spritzed myself with water and watched the boob tube.

The clan showered and headed to South Congress St for food and libations. They ended up at Perlas, this amazing seafood place and had the most perfect meal. Lauren introduced Cat to a new drink that is persecco and aperol liqueur, YUM. Elena was stuck in Dallas on a flight delay, which saddened us, so we went to Deep Eddies Cabaret, the best dive bar, to have a mini mug of beer in her honor! They also played the best music including Patsy Cline which reminded Cat of her mother who used to blast the record in their house when she was younger.

This morning we woke and really wanted to see Elena who was stuck in a meeting so we went to Home Slice Pizza for a quick bite. Cat is a huge pizza snob and LOVES this pizza. It’s NY style which is her fav. We then stopped by Elena’s office to say hi. She doused me in kisses and I really love her. Both my AA (Austin Aunts) are so awesome. I can’t wait to come back.
Blake wanted to stop at Jesse James Speed Shop. Cat doesn’t care for him as he cheated on Americas Sweetheart Sandra Bullock but he repairs cars/motorcycles and man are they awesome.

We are now off to New Orleans– my southern drawl is really coming out and I’m slower than normal. Which means I’m barely moving.

Enzo goes Cross Country!!!

Deep in the Heart of Texaco

What a long day of driving but when I tell you some of the things we experienced it was well worth it. After I was “cat burglared” the night before everyone wanted to get on the road. We went to Canyon Road in Sante Fe for breakfast and checked out all the amazing galleries. Sante Fe sure has some pretty talented artists.
We made our way down route 25 towards El Paso. En route we came across a little town called Elephant Butte, we thought the name was hilarious for obvious reasons. Little known to us there was a massive lake in this town so we decided to take a dip. It was beautiful blue water and 75 degrees. We even had to off road to get to the waters-edge.

After our refreshing dip we had a long haul ahead of us. Next stop was El Paso which is just insane cause you can literally see Mexico from the highway. Ciudad Juarez is right across the way, which is one of the most dangerous cities out there. We hightailed it out of there fast but the Mexican border was always in sight. We soon made our way down highway 90 and came upon the oddest thing. A Prada store was in the middle of no where — it was even stocked with product. I love a good photo op so we ended up taking quite a few.

After my Photoshoot we got into Marfa, our final destination and boy was it cool!!! We are doing something called “glamping” which means we are glamour camping. A tent or teepee is erected for us, has electricity and a bed. This is my kind of camping!!! We were staying at a place called El Cosmico where you can glamp or camp. It was funny cause all the older people (above 50) were camping and the younger set (20-40) were glamping. Ha ha.
We watched the sunset from our safari tent and then Cat and Blake headed to cochineal restaurant. For a tiny town in the Texas wasteland there sure are a ton of amazing (five star) restaurants, shops and galleries. However, this definitely is a weekend town. We wanted to eat at Pizza Foundation based off a recommendation but most places are closed during the week. Seems like a Friday and Saturday would be the best way to experience all of Marfa. Oh well, It was pretty unreal regardless.
I was just lounging on the bed roasting a squirrel wearing my Davy Crocker hat when the humans got back from dinner. Together we checked out the crystal clear sky filled with stars and fell asleep. I didn’t even try to break out this time as my saddle blanket on my bed was too comfy!

This morning we packed, took an outdoor shower in a luxury hut type structure and walked the town of Marfa. We saw the paisano hotel that was built for the oil boom (which never materialized) and was later where stars like Liz Taylor and James Dean stayed while filming GIANT. Lots of movies were filmed in Marfa, really interesting spot.
We are now off to Austin to see our friends Elena and Lauren. Can’t wait.

Enzo goes cross country—