donna-sue and martin's amazing adventure (aka: ds & m see America)

After Houston, we headed to Waco.  Prior to this stop, I didn't know a lot about Waco, except that it was where a cult and Federal officials had a catastrophic meeting in 1993. I learned a bunch of things about Waco. It's in a really pretty part of Texas, rolling hills, trees, cliffs along the Bosque river. The Brazos river runs right through town. It's the home of Baylor University. It was on the Chisholm Trail, the overland route of cattle and mustang drives to Kansas. It is also where Dr. Pepper was invented and bottled. But, best of all, it is the home of Bill and Joyce Greene. Bill is another of Martin’s old army buddies and it was great to see them again.  On to pics: sunset over Waco Lake                          (pic taken from our campsite)  We're such trend setters, haha. As I mentioned, Waco happens to be where Dr Pepper was invented and is now home to the Dr Pepper museum.  I'm s...

Headin' into Texas  As we continued our way along the Gulf, we crossed over into Texas. We had put our toes in the water, so to speak, by visiting Hueco Tanks, just outside of El Paso, and Guadalupe NP on year one and driving through the panhandle on year two of our adventure, but this year, we were headed for a pretty immersive experience into our second largest state, that, along with Vermont, was once a republic before joining the US.  Full disclosure here. I've not always held Texas and Texans, as a group, in the highest regard. Based on reading, the news, politics and history, right or wrong, I had generally cast the people (and by extension, the whole state) as the sort who are primarily, boastful, “bigger than”, “better than” people.  Not my favorite type.  Now, before I lose all my Texas friends…let me say, I WAS WRONG!  MY BAD…MEA CULPA!   I'M SORRY ..  Okay, there may be a few people like that, just like there are in any state, but most that ...