Sunday, May 12, 2013

3,000 miles, yo

Crossed that threshold today.

After a good, fun ~3 days in Austin, TX, with our friend Jordan.
Thanks for the hospitality!

Curious to see if TX East of Austin is any different than TX West of Austin, in terms of motorists; and people doing things other than driving.
(TX West of Austin was awesome.)
First impressions:
It is poorer.
It is blacker. (I can remember 2 African-Americans in hundreds of miles West of Austin; and today alone we saw dozens of African-Americans)
There are a lot of underground oil pipelines.
It is flatter.
Nearly got run off the road today, by a guy pulling out of a Baptist church. (I am guessing he was trying to be courteous to other motorists...and didn't see us? [With our lights and neon on]) Well over 90% of the motorists West of Austin were attentive and courteous. I can only hope that continues.

2,000 miles to go.
Approximately...

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