december, 2006.

around this time, four years ago, we drove from tennessee through alabama to the florida panhandle, then through mississippi and louisiana into texas. and then back around through arkansas until we arrived back in knoxville at 6 in the morning, about a week later.

there weren't a lot of sights to see in the dead of the winter. we could've picked a better time to go camping at destin beach. and we had an eery time trying to find things to do in texas resort towns during off-season. but it seems like some of the things that happened were meant to happen to us, because no one else would embrace it the way we did.

rest stop picnic in mississippi with a little puppy that kept following us. ps - i spot nerds rope, cheese cubes, peanut butter and pall malls in the picnic mix.

on the deserted beaches of galveston, a coastal city in texas.

more galveston beach.

feeding birds in the quiet resort town of crystal beach. so fun until cops surrounded us and we narrowly escaped legal troubles.

hard to believe that we haven't done anything so spontaneous and free-of-responsibility since then...and why not?