Hello from Arizona! Ben and I just got to our hotel Flagstaff and I’m blogging at the desk in our room. I don’t know if it’s the lack of clutter (that is always covering my own desk at home), the buzz I get from traveling or the tiny little bottles of conditioner, but I love hotels! 
We left home around 11:30am and packed a bunch of snacks to hold off lunch. I snuck into the bulk bin honey mustard pretzels first
and brought a massive amount of celery for crunching. Living Traveling makes me extra snacky so this helps keep my mouth busy.
Ben packed avocados and a spoon for a snack. He’s addicted to the stuff and just scoops it out and eats it like I scoop PB out of the jar (so I’m not going to judge). I had a few bites with Wheat Thins.
Orange County was ridiculously beautiful today…
but our first stop was too! It was 72 Heaven-dy Two degrees 
We made plans to stop in Palm Springs for lunch and meet up with my best friend Cindy.
Someone (Cindy) suggest margaritas so we ended up at Las Casuelas, a Palm Springs landmark 
We started with chips, salsa and guacamole (Ben cannot get enough avocado in his life).
I got a sad salad
And Ben and I shared the combination plate. We’re trying to share dishes more while traveling because we can’t keep the leftovers so we end up eating it all. We’re both life long members of the clean plate club. Hopefully, this sharing strategy will help us stay healthy and save money.
Cindy’s baby joined us for lunch. He’s just chillin’ out
Ben’s behind the camera on this one or rather, on our bellies via shadow. 
After a very long lunch we hit the road again. It’s a long drive to Arizona – over 5 1/2 hours! Luckily, I brought a new book Mile Markers. I’m already loving it!
I got a little creative with dinner on the road – I had packed Ben a really good lunch yesterday but he went out with his co-workers instead. We ended up bringing it along for snacking. I ate his turkey sandwich and sweet peppers with Carl’s Jr fries and a seltzer for dinner. The picture is sad, but the meal was satisfying!
When we finally got into town we were both ready for dessert and a quick magic phone search brought us to frozen yogurt.
They have Watermelon Frozen Yogurt!!! I had to compose myself, realizing this moment could potentially change my life forever and result in me relocating to AZ. Unfortunately, it tasted too artificial and did not do my favorite food justice. Oh well. 
My froyo was chocolate-y tonight.
And now I’m blogging from a hotel room in Goodyear, Arizona. We have a full kitchen – stove top and everything!
See ya tomorrow!
I heart Las Casuelas! Go there every time I am in PS. Good luck tomorrow and hope to catch up when you’re back!
Reading in the car? Wow. I wish I could do that!
Love Las Casuelas!
And randomly, I’ve stayed in Goodyear, AZ too. Road trips are the best. Enjoy them as much as you can before having a baby when they turn into a nightmare!! ha!
Pinkberry had a watermelon flavor last summer, maybe they’ll bring it back. I thought it was pretty yummy.
As much as I love running, I’ve never read a book about it.
I love hotel rooms with a full kitchen! Have a great time 🙂
I really loved the Mile Markers book! It made me want to find a running group.
P.S. I am with Ben on the avocado.
Thanks to you two I have already started to try avocados and Ben’s right they are really good! Have fun in Arizona, and if you have time you guys should try their hikes!
I love hotels too! When we were little my parents would let my sister and I open the door first to any hotel room so we could see what it looked like. I still enjoy the moment when you open the door and see where you’re staying for the first time.
That’s cute 🙂
I went to Las Casuelas last time I was in Palm Springs. My Grandma remembered it from like 20 years prior. There is also a great healthy salad place Palm Greens Cafe…check it out next time you are there.
That book looks really interesting – can you write a review after you are done?
Good luck at your race!
I LOVE avocado too! YUM!! 🙂
Good luck! There is a great yoga studio near Goodyear. Do you have time to hit Sedona?
The guacamole looked amazing. Good luck this weekend! Will be there next weekend for the half marathon.
The Kidless Kronicles
having a a full kitchen when traveling makes it so much cheaper for eating, good luck with your run
Sounds like you are having a fun little ‘runcation’! I feel like any race weekend is a runcation 🙂
Also, I know you’ve said you’re trying to eat healthier or something and even if you’re not doing it consciously, just wanted to let you know that you look awesome!
I’ll be at IMS too! It’s weird/awesome to be running the same race as y’all west coasters.
Fun fun! See ya tomorrow?