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If you follow me on instagram (@stacyandcharlie) you've probably noticed a lot of road trip photos... sorry :) We went to Austin for a few days to see one of our favorite bands, Mumford and Sons, and decided to make a mini-vacay out of it. Here are some of the highlights!
 Toby's first road trip. So excited!
 At the hotel they gave Toby a little treat bag, bandanna, and a toy. It was so cute!
 We stopped by West, TX on our way down to pick up some of their famous kolaches.
 We also drove by where the fertilizer plant exploded earlier this year. My heart is hurting for these people. There are still rows and rows of houses that look just like this one. Because it was not a natural disaster they are not receiving FEMA assistance to help them rebuild. If you're interested in donating, this is the official agency endorsed by West where 100% of your donation will go to the relief efforts.
I think our favorite thing about this trip was getting to take Tobias with us at every meal. So many pet-friendly restaurants in Austin!
This concert didn't come close to their Red Rocks concert we attended last year, but we had amazing seats and it was still pretty darn good.
 We had to stop at the popular "I love you so much" wall, and had lunch here before we left.
These beautiful sunflower fields were all along the highway on our drive back. The colors were so amazing we stopped for a quick photo.

roswell, NM (road trip pt. 4)

Roswell, NM was the final stop on our road trip. Here are a few pictures from our day:
Alien Zone. A hot, stinky place you can use to take pictures with aliens.
 This was the sweetest little guy at the Roswell zoo. He came right up to the gate so you could pet him.
 Free train ride. I'm pretty sure it was for kids, but that's OK.
 Free carousel ride. Of course we had to!
 Spacewalk. Definitely that coolest thing we did in Roswell.
 Our road trip buddy (and Toby's new toy).

Good news: I'm down three pounds on the first week of my diet, with only 7 more to go!

carlsbad, NM (road trip pt. 3)

Our second stop on our trip was to Carlsbad Caverns, and then to the city of Carlsbad, NM. We loved the caverns, but the city not so much. This was the least adventuresome of our adventures.
Picture you take when tourist are waiting in line to take their picture by the sign
Picture you take after everyone has left
 We took the King's Palace tour
Ranger Gary was awesome. He told the best stories and said pho-TEE-graph pretty much every other word. 
All of these formations were enormous
One of the original ladders used by the explorers in the 1920's
The best part of Carlsbad the city was our little hotel, The Trinity.
We went to see The Avengers at the drive-in.
 I fully expected to fall asleep during this movie, but it was actually pretty good!

Tomorrow I'll post pictures from our last stop in Roswell, NM. It was definitely an interesting place full of some interesting people.