Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed

Back on the road, listening to Michael Palin reading his book Pole to Pole. As we drive from Denver to Dallas he is going from the north pole to the south pole. The only place that he goes to and that I’ve been to is Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. I listened to his “Round the World in 80 days” whilst I was preparing for this trip. I like both his reading and writing.

I’m typing this in the back of the car as we drive towards Wichita Falls. This road trip is 900 miles long and takes in cloudy Colorado, snowy New Mexico and warm Texas. We’re currently passing though oil country – there are lots of nodding donkeys. We’ve passed cotton fields – surprising this late in the year, maybe a second crop? It is so flat, it’s hard to judge just how far we can see. 21 to Wichita Falls. The railway follows the road, we measured one train as 1.3 miles long. Hey, there’s a herd of camels!

So far we’ve seen signs for Las Vegas and Miami both in New Mexico. Also an Ardmore!

It’s pretty windy so there is lots of tumbleweed blowing across the road. The landscape changes after Wichita with more trees and more hawks around.

Back home at the Cabin with only a day before I fly to Los Angeles for the next part of the trip.