The Weekly Slice

Notes from the Desert

First and foremost, happy Memorial Day. Today we pause to honor and remember those who gave everything for our freedom, and we are so deeply grateful for their sacrifice.

What a weekend it was at Long Draw Pizza. This was our final busy weekend to close out the 2025/2026 season, and we ended it with another record-breaking year. We are so, so grateful. To everyone who came in, tried us out, sent people our way, bought merchandise, and supported us here on social media: thank you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for keeping our dream alive. It means the absolute world to us. We were also incredibly lucky to have an amazing team this year, and we get to celebrate them next weekend at our end of season pool party. They deserve all the kudos!

We leave a week from today! Living out in Terlingua, getting to the airport is an adventure in itself, so we’re actually heading out a day early to give ourselves some breathing room. Our route goes Midland to Dallas to Madrid, then a flight to Pamplona and a bus to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, where we begin our walk on June 5th. If you’re new here, my husband Andy and I are walking 500 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. I plan to document as much of the adventure as I can, though posts may be slower than usual while we’re on the trail. When we get back, I’ll be releasing longer-form videos on YouTube, so please subscribe so you don’t miss them:

https://www.youtube.com/@Mundy_Out_West

And here’s something I don’t think I’ve shared yet; when we finish in Santiago, we fly to Seattle to board an Alaskan cruise with our family. It is going to be the most incredible summer, and I cannot wait to share every detail with you all.

As the season winds down, my brain naturally shifts into planning mode: what can we do better, what do we want to change, what comes next. I had a couple of weeks packed with appointments to get things in order before we leave, and one of those experiences was honestly the worst I’ve had in a professional setting in a long time. I won’t go into detail, but it was a real reminder of how one bad interaction can shape someone’s entire perception, and as a business owner, that’s a lesson worth sitting with.

This is my last Weekly Slice until we return! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following along on all of our crazy, beautiful adventures that we get to call life. I love you guys so much!

FYI: Long Draw Pizza will be closed starting next Sunday, May 31st. I’ll update with official opening date soon.

Your Local Terlingua Friend,

Mal