Photographic Evidence

I had planned to tell you all about my new house guest, but time got away from me so that will have to wait until tomorrow. Instead, here are some photos I found that illustrate just how fully-loaded Lee's car was for the trip to Texas.

Note the rear tire, which just barely has enough room to turn without scraping against the wheel well.

Bonus reflection of me taking pictures of a car in a hotel parking lot, like a crazy person.

So there you are. That's what a medium-sized sedan stuffed to the brim with all of one's earthly belongings looks like, these days. I also meant to take photos of the cockpit so that everyone could see how cramped it was in there, but I forgot to. Suffice it to say, every hour or so I would look around for a place to put something (an empty soda bottle, my feet, a gum wrapper), and then be like, "Oh, right." and just swallow it instead.

Finally, as a palate cleanser, here's a photo of the sunset in Mississippi as we sped through trying to make it Louisiana before stopping to sleep: