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That’s one giant hole in the ground!

Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself… Our final day of driving to Vegas started out by hunting down a gas station in Uptown Albuquerque, and then on our way west.

The landscape in Albuquerque is pretty desolate overall, with small shrubs dotting the landscape amidst a few spindly trees. I had heard that the sky in New Mexico is really amazing, and that turned out to be true.

A few hours into the trip and we were in Arizona, which remarkably looked pretty much like New Mexico for about 30 minutes. Then it got even drier. You can see mountains in the distance, and eventually, you get pretty high up again as you get closer to Nevada.

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Lightning, wind farms, burgers, mini mountains were the order of the day yesterday – the 3rd day of our Las Vegas road trip from Leland, North Carolina.

After leaving Oklahoma City in the morning, the drive through the western half of Oklahoma and northern Texas was remarkable. Although I probably wouldn’t find it too intriguing going through it often, the vast openness of the area could not be exaggerated.

A few oil wells dotted the landscape, but all but one was stationary when we saw them. However, the huge wind-generators were spinning. I had seen some of these wind farms from the air the last time I flew (through Dallas), but seeing them up close was even more impressive.

As hunger progressively took over, we found ourselves in a relatively desolate areas. Good thing I had brought along some excellent beef and turkey jerky to tide us over until we could get to Amarillo. However, not being local, we weren’t sure what we were going to find there.

Luckily, I have my iPhone on the trip, and surprisingly a “lot of bars” along the AT&T network here. So I pulled up one of my new favorite iPhone Apps – Yelp! – and looked for a good burger joint.

The top pick among Yelpers in Amarillo (and those like me passing through) is Coyote Bluff Cafe. The reviews said basically whatever you do, don’t judge a book by its cover.

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We’re about to head out of Oklahoma City this morning on Day 3 of the Road Trip to Vegas, where I’m teaching Butterfly Marketing strategies at a conference hosted by it’s creator, Mike Filsaime.

Yesterday was the longest drive (by design), and it was filled with some amazing scenery of a part of the country I’ve never been through.

Have to say driving takes longer, but it sure is a good way to see what’s out there.

We drove from Birmingham to OKC, which took us through Memphis, Tennessee; Tupelo, Mississippi (birthplace of… (put your guess in the comments); over the bridge of the Mississippi River into Arkansas, and eventually into Texas.

The surprise of the day was

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I’m off on a road trip to Vegas to teach at Mike Filsaime’s Butterfly Marketing conference. Should be a great event.

But I need to get there first.

I live in Leland, North Carolina, across the bridge from Wilmington, NC. So it’s quite a ways to drive. But nevertheless, my partner Joanna convinced me how cool it would be (plus she hates flying).

So earlier today we set out for our first stop – Birmingham, Alabama.

Along the way, I’ve been shooting video of what we’re seeing, which will be loaded up soon (I’m writing this from a hotel whose connection is not quite fast enough to upload vid clips).

Unfortunately, after the first hour or so, we hit rain. And then more rain, and then even more rain. Pretty much torrential madness. Evidently there was a wannabe tropical depression that came up from Florida that stalled out over the Southeast.

A couple of things discovered:

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