Heart of Texas Motel

... on the far side of the city. I had one very pleasant stop. This was at the Ben J. Rogers Visitor Centre, near Beaumont, Texas. A very helpful guy offered me cold water or coffee and after talking about my origins we touched on Texas and Galveston. I ...

... moments.  Words cannot describe such a visual feast – I shall let the photos speak for themselves. With a heavy heart I pulled myself away from the hundreds of varieties of wire and continued West.  Passing through a few more ghost ...

... . I-Hop (pancakes), Whataburger, Wal Mart, HEB (supermarket) Home depot (B&Q) Best Buys (Electrical) Target ( Dept store) Super 8 Motel etc etc and then the same all over again. On this stretch though, that monotony is sometimes broken by gigantic ...

... ; Billy Joe Shaver took the stage at Jo's Coffee at 8PM Billy Joe had a new band this year and I liked them better than Diamondback Texas whom he played in front of last year. They were a bit too slick and polished and Billy Joe is rougher than a cob! ...

... .  They could not have been more sweet.  It was late and raining by this point but they help us find a beautiful Motel, The San Marcos, which would allow us to have Skipper and Rascal in our room.  Slept like a ...

... beautiful sunrises over a small mountain lake in the western United States or seen from the porch of a small town motel in northern Arizona. And, like many travelers, I have tried to capture those moments in my journals. Indeed, that simple act ...

... Weird'), but since we'd opted for a budget motel, we were on a corner underneath an interstate highway flyover.  The motel was huge, but practically empty.  However, the guests there all looked pretty dodgy, from the young woman crying ...

... mountain stream. I had no idea about the weight limit of this fragile structure, but with every creaking noise, my heart sustained a more rapid palpitation. Finally, after a circuitous panoramic route, we pulled up at the shower facility of the ...

... our way in we discovered they didn't accept cards so on we travelled. Can not believe we’re halfway along already :o! Crossed the Texas/New Mexico border (we decided to do so on the interstate rather than the old road, as its super dusty and gritty ...

... ************ Sent Email to people   June 14 - day 6 (Tuesday)   I can't say I'm really partial to Texas.  The people we came across weren't terribly friendly.  Although we did get lucky we got someone to fix our toilet.  We ...

... much about the man we left him and his hat behind. Southern Tennessee is full of rolling hills and rich farmland ('Only Texas has more goats'). We crossed the border into Alabama, past the burial mounds of ancient Indians and into the state of ...

... a peek and whether they have any brochures. The guy reappeared with a pink leaflet of Rules for a Happy Marriage and a pink heart shaped post card containing “Charlotte’s Love Recipe”: 2 hearts full of love, 1 heaping cup of kindness, 2 ...

... stop, they were all different with funky leaves and different trunks and branches. That is my analysis anyway. We crashed at a motel somewhere in SW Kentucky. Kentucky, by the way, is horse country. There are ranches and horses everywhere. It was ...

... featured in a classic film featuring 2 people driving across the States.  Although filmed here in Oklahoma, the motel in the movie is actually set in Amarillo, Texas.  Any ideas?  No, not Thelma and Louise.  Clue: Stars Tom and ...

... driver who is tickled by my accent and impressed with my travel plans. As there is no hostel in Savannah, I am staying in a cheap motel that had mostly okay reviews on Trip Adviser. I am little concerned that my cab driver warns me to be careful as it ...

... on instead. After shower, I searched for porch light & turned on, I didn't scream, but I didn't expect these buggers. My heart stopped. There were 2 - 10in + lizards on the wall. We all didn't move. I didn't mind the camellians @ Veerachai Court in ...

... collision of worlds, come ride 30 hours like we did. As far as sleeping goes, those 1950s style airline seats are the Outback Motel 6 unless anyone wants to cough up $150 more for a miniscule Red bunk. That might make it a Days Inn experience.  No ...

... to make a perfect area to leave a message, and the writing material - the stones - are provided by nature. We see people's names, heart shapes, and even a martini glass as we go. We stopped only for fuel at Watson Lake so Val had to snap pictures of ...

... in Norwegian. She answered back to me in clear, fluent, perfect English. When she asked me where I was visiting from, I responded, "Texas." Then, she started sharing with me about how much she loved Austin and the musical scene on Sixth Street, where she ...