Watched a great Van Morrison concert on Austin City Limits last night. He's better than ever, and a real balm for the ears. The miles just click on by. Other than being a lot greener, the landscape is pretty flat and featureless. There are some pretty spots, and wealthy looking ranches mixed with abandoned century-old buildings and forlorn dilapidated shacks. So many broken dreams! They love their heros down here; we passed George Bush St, Lyndon B. Johnson State Park, Martin L. King Jr. Memorial Hwy, even A.J. Foyt Parkway! Along with Old Potatoe Road and Nutty Brown Lane, it all kinda fits.
The Huston suburbs go on forever, with roads 6 lanes wide, 60mph fast, and stoplights every block. FrEAkY driving! Dead armadillos, the Sidney Opera Houses of the animal world, litter the shoulders, their little legs in the air, poor things. Plenty of battered deer carcasses too.
Christian radio fills the dial: lots of anti-Muslim, anti-gay sentiment mixed with cowboy music; pretty depressing.
Christian radio fills the dial: lots of anti-Muslim, anti-gay sentiment mixed with cowboy music; pretty depressing.
Crossed the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon and into Louisiana. 5 days to get out of Texas...phew! Into genuine bayou country. Had to use the air-con for the first time; for some strange reason, til now our trusty Element has been pumping nice cold air through the vents, even with the ambient temp. in the high 80's F. Maybe it's humidity related. Stopped outside Lafayette for the night at a gas station/casino/restaurant complex, which seems a popular combination hereabouts; had our first ever taste of real shrimp gumbo: mmm...mmm...GOOD!
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