I drove through West Texas today

All along the back roads. Almost ran out of gas, I was in such a hurry to escape Midland that I forgot to tank. So, at a quarter tank I thought well, I should be passing a gas station soon.... but hell no. Miles and miles of scrub with only those nodding texas flowers with the thick sulphurous odour: no people, no houses, no cars, no animals. It was all rather post apocalyptic and would have been cool in a Mad Max kinda way if the needle had not been sinking further and further...

In the end I programmed Seminole into the TomTom and got to a gas station some 20 miles later with the last gasoline fumes. That was a close call!

I'm in New Mexico tonight. At first I thought I'd go see the bats fly out at the caverns and had even driven over there, but then I realised I would have to drive back in the dark (duh). With my current night vision that is not such a smart idea, so I went back to the campsite only to find it has been invaded by very cute bunnies (pictures will follow). Much too cute to toss in a pot and cook em, so I'm eating bbq steaks tonight. Yes, and root beer. Ahhhhh.

I'll be sorting the pictures and posting them later. The various road stories are all jotted down but I hardly ever have the time to work things out - that will have to wait for later too. All is well with me, I'm having the time of my life and the only minus point is that i only took nine weeks leave. I need at least six months of this to scratch the surface ;)