we left mckinney this morning. it was chilly (but definitely less cold than yesterday), grey and a bit rainy. this is somewhere along the highway; arent the signs a bit abundant? motels, hotels, and food, food and more food (mostly mexican, pancakes or burgers). along the highway you certainly dont have to worry finding something to eat or a place to sleep, just the signs might be confusing.... the parts of texas we saw today were just flat. not always unpretty; stretches of empty (farm)land, mixed with (too many) outlet malls, superstores, apartment complexes, and stuff like above. i preferred the empty stretches of land...
eventually we ended up in austin, and the sun had come out!! we could even walk around without jacket, quite a change from this morning... we learned a bit about the history of texas, cowboys and austin, saw the capitol (the largest in the country), had lunch and drove on to san antonio. quite the tourist city! we walked along the river, together with many, many other people. it was fun, but in my opinion it actually was an ugly version of the dutch city utrecht, which also has many restaurants lined along its canals. now we are in a motel a little outside of the city, tired and curious about tomorrow, when we will continue on highway 90 towards el paso. from what ive read, this must be a very interesting route! lets see how far we will get... unlike yesterday we did not yet book a hotel and will just see where we will end up....
4 comments:
That sounds like a nice roadtrip, you see so much. The places sounds well known like "El Paso", you hear it in movies of songs. I am curious to watch the photos. I agree with you about the Texas landscape, the farmlands are so wide, we don't have that here, I like that widely land.
I lived in a place in California that had banned roadside billboards many years ago. It was always a shock when we saw landscapes like this. It was too much to take in.
You are quite an adventurer! Though, I have not been tempted to visit McKinney, Texas. I am surprised that you didn't like Austin more. I have been there half a dozen times and think that it is a very cool city. (You might be disappointed at El Paso . . . )
yes, too much for me too.
and biebkriebels, isnt it funny how we actually "know" everything already, from the movies?
@jack; we didnt see a whole lot of austin.. maybe we missed some parts!
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