Blogs from Texas, United States, North America - page 252

There’s a Spring in my step….. From Memphis we made our way to Texas via a hot and sweaty greyhound bus with many stops in weird little towns…! On our arrival in Houston we were greeted by the now customary homeless man offering us everything from a taxi ride to a slab of meat, we unfortunately didn’t take him up on anything but we did find a taxi and as it was midnight we couldn’t wait to get in. We were very unlucky with the taxi driver, for starters he had no idea where we wanted to go and secondly he filled up with petrol twice! Literally ‘taken for a ride’….oh well at least it is swelteringly hot we thought! (Infact it was sooooo hot and humid the whole time we were here) This though was ... read more

Okay, so travelblog was a lot more difficult to manage than I realized.... so we're moving! My new blog site is: http://bankheadabroad.blogspot.com Visit it & enjoy! Love, Britt... read more

We promptly arrived at Dallas, or the ‘Big D’ as it likes to be known. I know what you’re thinking the D stands for Dallas, well… your wrong it stands for Disappointment, Dogshite and Debt! The plane touched down at 2pm, 5 hours before the Arena football game (AFL), between Dallas Desperados and New York, was due to start. I previously had to reschedule this flight back in the UK, especially so we could go see this game. Optimistically, I thought the ordeal with Expedia double charging me for the change in flight and the proceeding two months trying to get my money back would be the end of my troubles. How wrong I was! The airport was set between Dallas and Fort Worth and served both cities. Public transport to the cities was practically non-existent. ... read more

The long journey from Memphis to Houston took its toll on my back, but some of the scenery was really worth the trip and the coach was not full at all. We followed the delta and crossed over the Mississippi river several times on the way, so there was quite a bit to look at! When we reached the Greyhound station in downtown Houston we were both surprised to see so many police officers. However, as soon as we walked outside we realised why, there was an abundance of riff raff just hanging around outside the station, offering cheap ‘taxis’ amongst other things, or just asking for money!! We managed to locate a proper taxi and started our trip north of Houston to Spring. Spring is actually a separate place to Houston, however due to massive ... read more

As already mentioned in my last entry, “First Impressions”, Texas has some special roads named Farm-to-Market or Ranch-to-Market, many of these roads are signed just "Farm Road" or "Ranch Road" though. You may look this up in Wiki and find out more about it. There is also a good description and all route numbers as well at Texas Highway Routes, an unofficial site for information about Texas Highways. So today I am driving a little bit around (as almost every day) and I show you a few impressions. I take you West of US-183 to Ranch-to-Market road 620, or R.M.620 for short. It begins (or ends???) in Round Rock and crosses Austin's North at US-183. Click on picture for full image! img=ht... read more