http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Texas en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:57:00 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:57:00 BST Thankfully my brother Leo lives in Arlington Go UTA so we were able to take advantage of a couple free nights at his house have a nice time with him and check out the surrounding Dallas area. I think the previous entries may have been dated incorrectly. We were actually in Dallas on the 4th of July so there was also a big festival going on in downtown Dallas. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/blog-303786.html Day 38 July 14th HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMA Let me start by saying that today is my Mother's Birthday and I would like to wish her the happiest Birthday ever all the way from Texas She is the best mother anyone could ever ask for and she deserves a happy day I Love you Moma and I hope you have many many more Well this morning started off with a b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/San-Antonio/blog-303024.html Welcome to TexasThe first day in Texas was great We started by going to the Lyndon B Johnson Presidential Library and Museum. It is very infomative about his life family and presidency. We toured it for a couple hours. After lunch we visited the capitol building. They are right.. everything is bigger in Texas This building was IMMENSE and beautiful. The stone building sits in the middle of a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-301910.html San Antonio 30060607We were now getting closer to Mexico but wanted to stay in the US for the fourth of July so we dropped the car off in Austin and took a bus South to San Antonio. We had booked a week in a campsite on the edge of town so when we arrived we caught the local bus to the campsite where we pitched out tent in a nice spot under some pecan trees and spent the rest of the evening r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/San-Antonio/blog-301603.html Galveston oh Galveston 23062906We fancied a week at the beach and Galveston on the Gulf Coast wasn't far away. It wasn't going to be much more expensive to hire a car than it was for the buses so we went out to Austin airport to pick up a bright yellow Chevy. We drove past Houston and over the bridge to Galveston Island and arrived in the weather beaten and slightly run down resort. We found o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Galveston/blog-301598.html Austin Texas18th June 23rd June Our next destination was Austin Texas. It had been recommended to us as a lively University town with lots going on. After a 3 hour bus journey we arrived at the bus station which was on the outskirts of town. Luckily there was a bus which would take us right to our hostel and it only cost 50 cents. Once we checked in to the hostel where we were in separate http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-301595.html July 4th started with me falling out of my bed.I do 360 mute grabs off 20 foot jumps. Irsquom contemplating skydiving next weekend. I get flat out rejected by the skankiest broads. When I say a fall its not one of those pussy ldquorollout of bed lie comfortably on the ground whilst still wrapped in your comforterrdquo kind of falls. Not one of those ldquothe day is sunny the world i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/College-Station/blog-301526.html After the long drive yesterday that took us into the wee hours of the morning we decided to sleepin this morning We thought why not it's not like we're in a big hurry to get anywhere and I don't think the WalMart police were going to run us off anytime soon. Although the kids the dog and Mike Porkchop were growing a little weary back at home we assured them that we were on the homestr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-301500.html If you can somehow get to the front page of the travel blog select Gallery from the options and you'll be taken to the photo album titled Europe through a lens. Click the picture and the album should open up.I have over 200 pictures so I'll likely come back and add a few more but this should be proof enough that we were there. We realized more often than not that the camera was either http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/San-Antonio/blog-299842.html I guess you can say we slept okay last night considering that we were scrunched in between Jerry's All Night Lounge and Peter Pipers 24 Hour Pizza Parlor Tim stayed up for a little while last night searching the open skies for any form of life he could find with no avail. He really had his heart set on seeing a UFO while we were in the area but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Yes I'm seri http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Fredericksburg/blog-299710.html So I made it safely back home after 19 days amongst my European brothers. After powering through a father unpleasant final 48 hours I have hopefully slept through my jet lag but time shall tell. Here is what is going to happen. Over the next few days I am going to add my on the road writings to this and attempt to keep them just as they are. Bear in mind you will be getting some odd riffings fro http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/Hill-Country/blog-298452.html San Marcos Texas home of Aquarena Springs one of the oldest if not the oldest springs in the US. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/San-Marcos/blog-298065.html It was Thursday but since us Americans love celebrating the day white men became ldquofreerdquo from other white men while Native Americans and African slaves looked on from the sidelines it was a Friday. Itrsquos motherfucking July 4th Americahellip.FUCK YEAHAs if we needed more of an excuse to drink a friendrsquos birthday was July 4th.ldquoWersquore getting fucking shitface http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/College-Station/blog-297661.html hahahaha. Its funny how my last blog had to do with the some type of storm cause well so will this one.Saturday July 5th 2008 San Antonio TexasSo we woke up and were getting everything started kinda late but the weather looked pretty good so we didn't really care. the day went by quick and people really didn't buy to much stuff. then at around 330p.m. we're told that there MIGHT be a chance http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Houston/blog-296198.html Hey everyone I just wanted to let everybody know that I am back home in America. I got home on Tuesday June 24th but went straight to church camp the following Sunday. I just got back from camp yesterday. So I finally found time to sit down and let everyone know I made it home safe. I want to thank you so much for all the thoughts and prayers that were in my behalf. I appreciate them more that yo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Fort-Worth/blog-296188.html Our car was due back in Dallas in 6 days and we had a lot of miles to cover as the outward part of the trip had taken us farther than we originally planned. When we woke in Dubois it was snowing again although it didn't last and the sun soon came out as we had a quick look around the small cowboy town. The most interesting thing to see was the Jackalope exhibit in the nearby gas station. The Jacka http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-295811.html Today is offically day 15 on tour and my third day in Texas. Yesturday as you all know was the 4th of july and like the usual tradition we blew stuff up. Apparently its NOT legal here in the Lone Star State but certain police officers will permit it. Its really weird cause as we were buying the fireworks from an ACTUALLY fireworks store there was a sheriff inside just chillen. i guess there was http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/San-Antonio/blog-295712.html We are starting of on Rodney's Retirement Trip. But first things first. Rodney had the forth flat tire in the morning we were going to leave on his new run flat tires in 3 months. The people at Sterling Acura were nice enough to put on new tires and rims so we could leave on our trip. We plan to spend a week in Ruidoso and then head up to Canada via Boise Salem and Olympia. In our travels w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-295617.html I have lived in Texas since 1986 but have never visited Texas panhandle area. My girlfriend Lauren grew up in Amarillo and moved to El Paso to continue her education and pursue her passion in ballet. After an 8 hour drive north of El Paso we finally crossed back from New Mexico into Texas. This is going to be my first trip to Lauren's hometown and I am excited to meet her family to see the sch http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Amarillo/blog-295415.html New Braunfels TX is a day traveler's paradise. View our recent shots from Lone Star Travelers as we dine at Granzin's family style bbq check into Aprilia motorcycles and make new friends at the Snake Farm. I highly recommend all three the motorcycle salesman even took us on a tour of the facility outlining various styles and features of each bike. The snake farm is totally awesome with a variet http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/San-Marcos/blog-294899.html I've been back for a week now and I'm able to stay asleep all night. That's always nice. I still have some kind of funky thing going on with my stomach but I plan to bombard that with charcoal for a few days and see what happens. Maybe I just need to get back to my little home in College Place and return to my little routine. I'm currently on the bus with my sister on our way to the northwes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/blog-294633.html After a horribly long Tuesday during which I traveled solid for at least 31 hours following a mere 5 hours of sleep I finally arrived back at my parents' house in Texas. I proceeded to sleep that night and all the next day. During the one hour I was awake I felt horribly sick a feeling I'm still struggling with. Somehow traveling forward in time was not nearly as difficult as traveling bac http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/blog-294631.html Thinking back on my trip down here I realize that God answered some prayers. They were simple ones but important to me. Like when I prayed that creepy people wouldn't sit next to me. God send me a little girl a friendly middleaged woman and the aforementioned Whitney. Leaving Dallas I was really afraid I was too far back in the line to get on the bus. Scared that I'd have to spend that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/blog-294616.html 3PM central time in Dallas TX. My bus was two hours late getting in causing me to miss my connection. The next bus leaves at 715PM. Here I sit for another four hours with a measly meal voucher as a consolation prize. I won't get to Marshall until at least 10PM at which time my poor parents will have to come pick me up. I'm beginning to lose my faith in Greyhound. The low price of the tic http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Longview/blog-294614.html On Wednesday me Kaz and SM drove a few miles to a steakhouse and ate a pound of Texan beef each while lamented the lack of sex wersquore getting in Texas.The way I figure I can split this summer into three distinct periods my time in Montreal MayJune my time in Texas JuneAugust and my time in either NYC Chicago Germany or Japan AugustSeptember. And this might sound extremely ner http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/College-Station/blog-294150.html