Day 36 of 63 nights

Farmer Trade Market

Farmer Trade Market

Bonnie and Clyde's Car

Long Horn Cattle

We are now over half way through our trip East to West of USA, we have left Texas, dipped our toes in New Mexico and heading to Tuscan Arizona.  The Trip continues to be amazing and the vastness of the southern desert leaves something to behold.  Up until we arrived in a place called Fredrickburg the landscape has been sans hills, flat flat flat, but then we started climbing a couple of hills and now we are surrounded by hills and mountains, quite beautiful.  This is definitely "cowboy & Indian" land and As we are driving Terry is imagining himself on a horse galloping across the vast prairies avoiding the odd ambush.

Getting back to reality, I must mention the huge signboards that seem to be in abundance leading up to every exit road, advertising: - Fireworks, cowboy boots, hottest food in town, MacDonalds, "tasty exit ahead" (more fast food), advertising churches in town, etc etc. oh and did I say MacDonalds and proud to say we haven't been in one yet.

We have just spent a very pleasant three nights in a Texan town called Fredricksburg, 120 German settlers established it in 1846 and they have now got an amazing albeit touristy town.  It was extremely clean, well maintained with some amazing little country stores.  We even managed to arrive on the weekend of the monthly farmers trade fair, we spent a very interesting day looking around various antique stalls, flea market stalls, craft stalls and food stalls.  Of course, not every man's dream but Terry loved the old Americana antique rummage stalls, those who know him well the well know saying "pig in shit" comes to mind!

The weather is worth a mention as it has been quite different in the varying amounts of heat up to now, up to New Orleans, it was very hot and oppressively humid, with some rain mainly at night, then the last week has been hot with some cloud now soon as we hit New Mexico is it very hot but a dry heat, this is the heat we are used too in Perth, so coping well, although from what we have been told it will be extreme through Tuscan and Phoenix reaching 45 degrees not so good.

 Just a quick breakdown now as I can hear y'all yawning.

Highlights since last Blog

Texas
The river walk in San Antonio
Texan rib eye steak
Fredricksburg
The classic car museum next door to RV site
Great people especially Rick and Sandie very helpful
Scenery

Lowlights
A couple of the RV sites - a bit run down only stayed one night

Some people might be interested in the fuel prices, we are paying between $3.17 -$3.59 per gallon which is roughly $.73-$.80c per litre.( RV only does 7 miles to the gallon, go figure!!)

Yee haw I am off now folks.

 San Antonia River Walk