Crossing Texas

Playing catch up...We have done a lot of traveling since Memphis...driving through Arkansas and laying over in Texarkana on our way to Wichita Falls. The trip brought us from the hills of Kentucky to long stretches of  low flat land as far as the eye can see. Farms, ranches, lots of trucks hauling their loads. And the speed limit - 70 - 75 mph on the Interstate and even on two lane highways - people still passing. Yikes! Another Texas driving experience we were introduced to was the Texas Turnaround - a unique way to navigate around the service roads for local travel & avoiding getting on the highway. Intimidating at first, but they make sense - unless you just go around in circles, big circles..Speaking of highways & interstates, as with everything in Texas, they're BIG! And the overpasses are as tall as skyscrapers.

A dinner stop in Texarkana introduced us to our server Keith O'Shaughnessy. He noticed Terry's Red Sox hat & told us he was originally from Boston. Thus began an evening's discussion of Boston sports. Terry was a happy man. However, Terry had to share the fact that his football team  was still the NY Giants, never forgiving the Patriots for reneging on a plan to move to Hartford. But he's not bitter...right!

As we traveled across northern Texas, we saw references to towns that borrowed names somewhat familiar to us - New Boston, Chicago and Little Detroit, and, not to forget Paris, home of Campbell Soup Supply.

What we took in as well was the huge expanse of the landscape and the gorgeous open sky.