Texas Drivers Must Be Superior to us Mere Mortals


So far in Texas we have experienced 3 radically different regions.  Yesterday we traveled through East Texas.  It was primarily rolling hills and forest.

Today we traveled through Central Texas and we saw what we had Texas pictured like.  The central area is fairly flat with ranch after ranch after ranch.  We passed thousands and thousands of acres of fenced pastureland.  They do not screw around.  Most of their fences were metal posts and bars.  Some of the pastureland looked like scrub land, some looked green and lush. Very few buildings could be seen from the highway.  However, each entrance had elaborate gates.  We were unable to take pictures because of the traffic and the insane speed limits…more later.

We then entered West Texas.  Anyone who thinks that Texas is flat would be wrong.  Highway 84 through the gut of Texas is hilly.  What did not change was the thousands and thousands of acres of ranch land.  It looked to be of a poorer quality but that probably just means that they have to graze more acres.  Any cattle that we saw looked good, even the Texas Longhorns.

We then came upon a county that advertised itself as the largest ‘meat goat’ producers in all of the USA.  Sure enough, that is all we saw for a while.  This sure did not fit our image of Texas!

Today was along day.  We realized this morning at about 8:30 while still sitting and drinking coffee that we had miscalculated our distance.  We had a KOA booked in Abeline so were committed to getting here.  Yes, we are in another KOA.  We did not plan for this to be a KOA tour of the USA but if you saw the ‘welts’ that we have all over us from insect bites, you would understand our aversion to State Parks right now.  They are nice but unbearable to sit out at all.  The bugs down here do not care if you ‘slather’ ‘bug juice’ on or not!

So we are in Abeline Texas.  The KOA is located on the shoulder of Interstate 20…well maybe not right on the shoulder but we sure can hear the truck noise.

Now for the title.  Yesterday when we entered Texas, we were a little bit surprised to see the speed limit jump from 60 mph to 75 mph.  Now remember, we are driving on 2 lane roads.  Yes, their roads have big wide shoulders but really!  I guess Texas drivers must be better than us mere mortals!

Distance Traveled = 564 km.  Wildlife Sightings = Mockingbird, Cardinal, Eurasian Collared Dove, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Crested Caracara, Greater Roadrunner, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Great-tailed Grackle.




Unknown flowering tree we have seen in the last 3 States



Really good looking ranch land


Poor looking Ranch land


Campground Patio Lanterns

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