On the ride to Del Rio we encountered a drastic change of scenery. The sky opened up revealing flat bottomed clouds, the Grass turned into sand, and trees morphed into cacti. Upon entering the city limits we struggled to meet up with our friend Jay from home. When we finally united we decided to take a trek to Lake Amistad. At the lake we compared our intersecting cross country journeys, talked about Canadians, and future travel plans. Post-lake we went to see the best movie ever. It was so great, I would pay someone to forget i saw it. I wont tell you what movie it is, you have to find that out on your own! But at least it was a cheap, and we had a great IHOP meal afterwards. And yes, we did get stuck to the booth.
That night we were lucky enough to stay with Lt. Dave Smith of the United States Air Force. It was pretty neat, and unexpected to stay in an air force base. Dave was awesome, he had really comfortable couches, showed us around the town, and took us to get some amazing breakfast Tacos before our depature to Marfa, TX. But one stop to a canyon along the way.
Everyone we encounterd in Texas said Marfa was really cool, which made the anticipation to see the town build, and build and....well when we got to Marfa everything was closed. It was wednesday at 2:00 pm, the only thing open was a Dairy Queen, and a hair salon.
Aside from our disapointments it did look like a pretty "hip" town, there were tons of art galleries and plenty of eccentric little places to eat... except they were all closed. The Marfa Lights??...maybe next time Marfa, Maybe next time.
Now off to the Birthplace of our forefathers. El Paso, TX. We were in for another change of scenary. The parched air cracked the soil beneath us and mountains rose from the flat, barren earth in the distance. Little did we know, those mountains were luring us to an uncharted victory.
- John Cat.
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