Having strayed from our planned route while tilting at windmills, we opened a map of Texas to find somewhere to sleep. What we discovered was a little place called Balmorhea State Park, which is just outside a sleepy town of the same name. As a camping site the park is lacking. We arrived to a [...]
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Uh-oh, Gwen’s letting her eco-geekiness show again. (sorry)
We only spent two nights in Texas, and we didn’t really have any plans for the state except for one thing: visit a wind farm. I had learned a while back that the state produces more wind energy than any other in the US, [...]
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After a long night of driving and then a few hours of sleep in the car, Christopher and I found ourselves at Lola’s Mexican Cafe in Buffalo Gap, TX. Lola herself fixed us up some breakfast, which consisted of beans, eggs scrambled with chorizo and veggies, a tortilla and homemade indian frybread, which was sweet [...]
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We did the first truly long-haul drive of our trip across Arkansas and the eastern half of Texas. And by long-haul standards it wasn’t much, 14 or 15 hours at most. But those of you who have driven through the night know just how whacked-out your head gets around 2 in the morning. Personally, I [...]
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