Texas

After 90mph winds chased us out of the Guadalupe Mountains near Carlsbad we decided to head way south in search of some real hot weather. Big Bend National Park is right on the Mexican border, you could actually wade over to Mexico from near our campsite. We went for one nice long hike and a few short runs, but mostly we lazed around camp soaking up the heat. Our campsite was at a mere 1750 feet above sea level, so early February is smokin’ hot. We had our first solar showers of the trip and puttered about a bit doing some long-overdue van maintenance.




Then we were off to Austin to see Dave’s cousin Lindsay and her husband Scott. Austin has a very different feel than much of the rest of Texas that we had seen so far, lots of funky shops and restaurants and a fantastic live music scene. ‘Keep Austin Weird’ is the city slogan, found on t-shirts and coffee mugs everywhere you look. Lindsay took us out to sample some of the live music and it delivered with some well, kind-of-weird music! Megan got to spend some time with Lindsay looking through cookbooks and grocery shopping, a favourite activity from home that is pretty rare for this trip. Moby got to go to the car doctor and get a few things fixed, he feels much better. And we all got to hang out with Cooper and Belle, the lovely dogs of the house.