Las Vegas to Tucson

Whatever T'Chat DID in Vegas stayed in Vegas. She’ll never tell.

After partying hearty with our buds (Ross till all hours in the hot tub with Billy…another story altogether) we somehow managed to get up early and hit the gym. I signed us up for Anytime Fitness memberships before leaving Bend. It’s a traveler’s secret. You get a key to all their gyms around the country (open 24/7) and they all have nice clean showers. So we got our workout AND a shower, even though we weren’t in a campground last night.

On the drive we both listened to Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about MacDonald’s french fries ~ a great listen if you’ve never heard it ~ from this last season of Gladwell’s Revisionist History. Then we listened to an excellent interview by Dr. Rhonda Patrick with scientist Erik Verdin from the Buck Institute (they study all things aging). Fascinating research about the benefits of fasting, ketogenic diets, and NAD. We highly recommend all of Dr. Rhonda Patrick’s interviews ~ her website and podcasts are both named Found My Fitness.

The kicker? After listening to all this French Fry and Healthy Science, we decided to stop at In and Out Burger and blow all the health out the window. We’ve both always been curious about In and Out…people love it. Our take? Cheerful people and environment, food seems fresher than MacD’s and that ilk, but overall it was very bland. Can’t wait to have a good old oyster po-boy from Old Tyme in Lafayette. That’s MY kind of fast food!

I drove most of the way today (300 of the 370 miles). I quite like driving, as long as I’m fresh. Don’t like to be the late-afternoon driver.

Found a lovely state park outside Tucson for tonight.

P.S. HI LEIGH! Thank you for the follow! I’m tumbler illiterate, so I followed you but can’t figure out how to reply. We send our love!