Happy Thanksgiving

We managed to go four hours west of Houston last night and stayed the night in a small town just off I10 called Kerrville.

This morning, after scraping the ice off the windowscreen!, we got going for the remaining 8 hour journey. At 7am there was no one about and the sky was beautifully pink as the sun came up behind us.

The road is empty and straight and cuts through hillsides. Geologically the road cuttings are pretty impressive. The speed limit has increased to 80 mph - I haven't seen such a fast road ever in Texas!

We have people towing caravans and passing us - not the same issue as you get back home. If everyone had big trucks we all would be fine. We have seen groups of guys obviously heading off shooting. They tow little buggies and quad bikes. One of them had a chest freezer that we could only assume was for the kill!

We have already driven past Iraan and Sheffield!

We have now seen lots and lots of nodding donkeys and to our surprise there are also enormous wind farms - however none of them are turning as there is not a breath of wind.

The scenery has changed from large rolling hills with trees and bushes (some of the trees looking lovely and autumnal), to low bushes and cacti and now it is flat with low scrub and mesas and buttes giving topography. Stuart describes this as cowboy country.

Today seems like Christmas day in the UK as everything except the petrol stations are closed (oh and the odd Macdonalds!).

After a draw at I spy, we only have another 27 miles to Fort Stockton. We then leave I10 and head 4 hours to Big Bend.