Texas

We entered Northern Texas and soon noticed the land drying out, the pine forests disappearing, the rolling hills flattening out. Texas is HUGE, we drove all day and only made it less than halfway across the state. We stopped for the night in Sherman Texas, a midsize town full of strip malls and a few big box stores. What delighted us was the abundance of Mexican restaurants, the town had 16 to choose from. We stayed in a neat little cottage in the back yard of our hosts, a retired couple from Massachusetts. Their house was on a small lot in the center of town on a side street. We departed early the next morning. Avoiding Interstate highways, we traveled across Northern Texas enjoying their nice rest areas and oil rig dotted scenery. We soon we’re in the Southern Great Plains, vast ranches and an increasingly dry climate. The State provides livestock watering areas at the well kept rest areas. Even the men’s room tile work had a Texas motif, nice ! We ended the day in Amarillo Texas having climbed to a 3500 foot elevation as we approached the still invisible Rocky Mountains to the west. Our Airbnb was on a beautiful brick paved street lined with nice older homes, a great place to unwind after a epic drive across this giant state.