TEXAS

        Ok… So I am in Colorado Bend State Park in Bend, Texas this evening sitting atop a large hill so that I can get service for my Internet card. I left Houston this morning after having a good time hanging out with UGA friends for a few days. On Tuesday night Gray and I joined some of his new-found Houston buddies at a bar for trivia, which was really fun.  Then on Wednesday, I went to eat with Gray, Gray’s roommate, John, Sean, Maggie and Callie Anne, it was good to see everyone!  

Today when I finally got West of Houston, to some better roads, I came across this thing Texans like to call a “toll road” (which we don’t have many, if any in GA).  At these “toll roads” they like to charge you about  $1.00 PER AXIL on your vehicle. I thought “well that seems pretty reasonable:  more tires, more wear on the road.” Well, it wasn’t long before I saw ANOTHER toll booth… and then ANOTHER toll booth…(you see where I am going with this).

 When I got to the fourth toll booth, I asked the guy, “Yall are getting me pretty good on these, are you the last one?”  He said “Yep, where ya headed?” And then he proceeded to give me directions to the park I am at right now, which I completely ignored (he didn’t notice).  I guess he didn’t see the Garmin suctioned to my windshield, or the look in my eye that said, “why weren’t you there four booths back to tell me how to avoid Tolls.” Welp, by the time I got north of Austin Texas, I had paid $19 odd dollars so that I could ride on Texas’s beautiful concrete highways.

Then I asked myself “19 dollars?! That’s kinda pricey. Right?” Then I realized it was a highway named after some Bush guy… Look at the pictures below and you will know why it cost me about $80 in gas and $19 in tolls to get across a small part of Texas. 

LINK TO WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/colorado_bend/

 Houston Home... I may have posted this already

 Unnecessarily, over-the-top decoration of State Highway Concrete

 Yeah these, gaudy stars were placed every location possible on this sacred highway

Hmm.... There is Roadrunner bird in this tree about midway down. He hopped up there from the road as I was getting my camera. He is a cool bird, that we dont have in GA, but what is cooler is that my Camper is called "roadrunner"

The head of a Roadrunner emblem on the front of my camper that I see in my rear view every time I forget that I can't see anything out of my rear view. (I am going to get a better picture of one later, they are everywhere at this park)

Home at Colorado Bend State Park. Parked strategically under a pecan tree for shade and recreation purposes.

My new hashbrown dish called Roadrunner Nest

Add ground beef, fresh diced tomatoes, and sliced sharp cheddar Hmmmm

Salivating 

Bambi walked out into the river when I went down there to check it for fishability 

I'm no technophile

I am making this post short and sweet as far as text goes. I am going to do some hiking, biking and fishing while I am on the Colorado River here. Then I am heading to Brownwood Lake State Park on Saturday. Monday I am visiting one of my Uncle Tom's friends in Lubbock to check out his manufacturing business (only interesting for an Engineer I guess).