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We woke up early on the 4th to do a zip line eco tour. Nothing like getting dressed up like a construction worker and flying through the trees at 9AM to get the day started. In all seriousness, we had a fantastic time and had two fantastic interesting female guides. One was on Survivor and the other is about to take off on a nomadic journey to South America. Really interesting and fun people, easy to trust with our lives/safety. Just a side note here, I hate doing group ...

A follow-up from yesterday. .I met a lot of people at the hotel last night over dinner, so a group of us went out for a drink and to watch some local guitar players with a solo singer. They were amazing. Around the table were 1) Canadian male from near Barrie who owns his own landscaping company and travels in warm places every year for four months 2) Dutch lady, who is an independent teacher who travels all over the world for four months of the year 3) German student who is ...

... plant owned by Oliver and was allowed inside to see what they were doing. There is sure a lot of hand work to sort the good from the bad. I was told that the proper way to say pecan is "Pawcan", not "peecan". I had breakfast at the famous Little Kitchen where I enjoyed a sausage and eggs taco. The owner was a ninety pound lady who has been running this small little restaurant for sixteen years. The speed limit was 80 miles per hour which is more ...

... barely wider than our vehicle; -The ghost-like face of the driver of a tractor-trailer who came across at a snail pace and drove out with eyes fixated with fear, after a possible glance at the abyss; http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/find adest/parks/seminole_canyon ...

... but no longer. An exit on I-10 put them back on the map. They have a giant Road Runner statue in "Downtown". (Wiley was nowhere in sight), and a sample Oil Pumper-thingy you can get an up-close look at. Pretty neat. All-in-all we saw a lot of open land. PHOTO_ID_L=road_runner.jpg] Tomorrow it's off to San Antonio and Brother John.

... price. We stocked up since I doubt we'll see these wines anywhere else. There were prickly pear cacti all over the park with ripe fruit and the birds were having a feast. We decided we'd like to try one too and discovered why they're called prickly pears! While the cactus itself has large easily seen thorns, the fruit has these infuriatingly small ones that you don ...

Well today was interesting. As usual my idea of getting off early didnt happen. When I was fianlly able to pack the car up with all our stuff (granted, I know that my bag of skate gear, maybe wasnt necessary, but it was a necessary evil) and I went to start the car and it was dead. You heard me!! DEAD. Seems the kids - while as good as they were in cleaning out my ...

Carlsbad Caverns to Fort Stockton is an area that would be better navigated by autopilot! Actually the road was fine but the view.....yuck! And the cross-wind was brutal. Granted, it is late-winter/early-spring when weather is often an issue and vegetation is dormant so maybe the landscape and weather has greater appeal at other times of the year. Yeah, right! We stayed at a bright spot on the horizon...Fort Stockton RV Park, with friendly ...

Our first experience of "ice" this morning. Zac was very excited. An extremely light film on one side of the car. By 8.00am it would have been gone. But we have a huge ice scraper for the trip and Zac is dying for a go. Its his job to clear the car of ice, should we need it. Only a short drive first up this morning - the Carlsbad Caverns National Park is only about 30 minutes from town. This is one of the big reasons for returning ...

... by... 3. The border patrol is alive and well. (Kinda freaked Paul out when asked what country he was from. Laura (who had more to worry about) stayed relatively calm.) 4. The Southwest is full of not so beautiful but perfectly functional RV parks that, in a pinch, will do just fine as a place to stay with a hot shower and laundry facilities. 5. Leaving the country the week of Thanksgiving is a bit disconcerting. Made Laura a little homesick. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.