Why?

After 14 years of LA, the things we didn't like about living here finally wore us down and we decided to move away. Our first choice was Portland, Oregon. After months of interviewing, neither of us could secure a job. We turned our sights to the next city on the list, New York. We lined up jobs and moved at the end of March 2008.

Apparently this was a bad idea. Things were not as they seemed and New York was not a good fit. We learned some good, hard lessons about life. We moved back to LA (four months later!) because the most important things were:

- be with our friends and close to our sisters
- advance our careers in a market we understand
- enjoy a low cost of living so we can save & travel

This is what makes us happy and apparently we had to move away to get our priorities straight. We still LOVE NEW YORK! We just enjoy it more as tourists...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Road Trip Day 4: Oklahoma to New Mexico





543 miles for today. In Oklahoma there is obviously a large Indian population with roadside casinos and places to buy Indian art. The landscape is much flatter and there are less trees and we are passing more lakes and streams. A switch happened between eastern and western Oklahoma too; trees became plains, "Hardy's" became "Carl's Jr", and premium gas dropped from 93 to 91 octane.   

New Mexico has had the most beautiful open colorful skies by far of the entire trip. We stayed at a B&B and had dinner with friends tonight.