westbound I-10

drove ten hours and somehow we were still inside texas borders. nearly ran out of gas in between fort stockton and el paso. yikes.

after crossing the border into arizona we started seeing billboards for "the THING". not too many, like "TOPLESS TOPLESS TOPLESS" in north georgia, or "SOUTH OF THE BORDER" in south carolina, but just enough billboards to make us interested. 235 miles or so later, we stopped, paid our $1 admission fee, and found out what the THING was. i was sworn to secrecy, so i can't actually tell you what the THING is or was, but i CAN tell you that the wood monsters were my favorite part. cute. i mean, scary.