Texas

I did a big tour of Texas in 2006.

I entered Texas from the Cimmaron Strip and spent my first 2 nights in Amarillo. I spent a day at the Palo Duro Canyon and had a great time there.

Next I headed to Abilene (via Lubbock) ans spent the third night there.

Then I headed toward Dallas and Fort Worth. My main goal was to seee various football stadiums as I went from town to town, but I also stopped at the Texas Speedway and bought some souvniers. Dallas Stadium looked horrible from the outside. The college stadiums throughout the state looked much nicer. Some of the high school stadiums were great and some were not so great at all.

I spent night #4 in Waco. I then headed to College Station and then to Austin and down to San Antonio where I spent 2 nights.

The Riverwalk was the best place in Texas. I ate at a nice Mexican restaurant along the river (and I mean that I ate right along the river and my food could easily have fallen into the river if I wasn't careful). I like salsa verde (green sauce) on my food, but I find that it is rather mild in the Southwest compared to the Mexican Restaraunts in South Jersey. A waiter in Arkansas had warned me about that.

I also tried a fast food place called "What-A-Burger". It ended up being "What-A-Long-Wait-For-A-Burger".

I also toured the region south of San Antonio through places like Batesville, La Pryor and Uvalde.

I then headed to Houston for 2 nights and ate at "A Taste of Texas". Sorry Texas, but I get a better steak in Virginia although this was was good. Then I took a tour of the coast stopping as Kemah and then heading down route 146 to Galveston where I walked the beach and then I headed down the coast checking out the beaches and then took route 36 back towards Houston.

I ate that night at a diner and tried a country fried steak. It was huge (Texas size, I guess) but no different than what I make myself.

It rained like crazy the 2nd night and Houston had major flooding that made the national news, but I escaped easily as the freeway was built up high and headed to Louisiana.

In 2009, I drove from El Paso to San Antonio along I-10. I then drove to Austin to spend the night.


I will drive through the Amarillo area in 2010.