Sunday, September 12, 2010  Road Trip 2010: Texas - Days 7 and 8
Oh dear Lord, Texas is big. Normal people can look at a map and
realize that Texas is big, but we decided (in complete insanity)
to drive across it. Uh. There are a lot of cows in Texas, a lot
of religious radio stations, and a lot of cheap gasoline. There
are also a lot of people who reminded us that we definitely
aren't from around here.  Texas was the first of only three
nights were were spent in hotels. Jules and I needed to do
laundry, take a real shower (which we still hadn't done other
than the rain storm) and enjoy sleeping together rather than
just next to one another in a tent.  The Barracuda didn't
exactly know what we meant by a hotel. This was a completely new
concept and experience. He had seen the signs, but apparently
never thought anything of them. Being the now-expert-parents
(Thank You, Lassen) we checked first to see if there was a pool
and exactly what the hours were.  The Barracuda knows a lot
about pools. Grampie is a Mas