Waiting in San Antonio

It was an interesting three days for us. We are currently hanging out in San Antonio Texas awaiting the arrival of Tim's new helmet. In the past 1,500 miles we have spent two nights at rest stops and one night at a campground. The first night in Dongola Illinois was enjoyable with comfortable temperatures and friendly truck drivers. We were half expecting to be escorted out at 3am by some local police.  But thankfully we slept undisturbed. On day two we rode from Dongola to Texarcana, TX through Missouri and Arkansas. This route was essentially an 8 hour tour of America's finest corn and dust fields.

Almost instantly after entering Texas the roads and scenery improved vastly and we decided to test our luck at another rest stop just outside of Texarcana. That evening was filled with booming thunder and unfortunately soaked gear. We stored our gear under an awning that turned out to be no match for a Texas thunderstorm. So on day three we packed our soggy gear and headed south with no particular destination in mind. While on our way, we passed through many interesting small towns and beautiful prairie vistas. So far Texas has definitely been our favorite state.

While on a major highway we got caught in a torrential downpour and pulled over to quickly chuck on our rain gear. But after riding for about an hour in the rain, everything was thoroughly soaked. When the rain stopped we were in Wimberly Texas, a cute little town with some antique shops and "cowboys". At this point we were looking for a little more luxurious stay so we found a campground on google about 20 miles south of Wimberly. Lazy L&L. We setup camp and enjoyed our first shower of the trip.

This morning we woke up and had breakfast with some nearby campers who were eager to hear about our adventure. We left the campground around 10 am and fought the San Antonio traffic to get to the UPS location. And now here we are, inside of a Hilton typing this post. We are aiming to get close the the border tonight and cross into Mexico tomorrow morning.

San Antonio!

Camping in Dongola

Bridge to Arkansa

Loosening Tim's chain

A beautiful bridge in central Texas