Welcome to Arkansas

The sun sets on the I-30, from Austin to Texarkana. And the moon rises, in brilliant orange. That’s the real color of the moon. The white balance is set correctly: note the lit sign on the ground. I needed an exposure of half a second to shoot the moon (ha ha), so I pulled into a small truck stop and wandered around …

Clouds going on forever. I think these are cumulus clouds, but what do I know? This is on the way out of Austin, heading up to Dallas.

This is my third trip to Franklin Barbecue. Franklin’s is known for its great barbecue: since the first time I ate there, they have won numerous awards and acclaim in the press. With great fame, of course, comes great lines. Franklin’s is open only for lunch, from 11 AM until sold out. (I like the iron bars framing …

where the vehicles roam, where the semis and suv’s play where seldom is found an uninteresting mound and the traffic’s not crowded all day Home, home on i-10, with nary a rest stop to stay where seldom you pass a car going too fast while barreling down the highway. I made it to Austin at 2 AM. There is nothing to …

Guess this is the best my trip is gonna get… I’m still in Texas. Texas is really big!

This is how you do business in Texas. Taken somewhere in Texas…

This would make a great desktop background. Taken on the way from El Paso to Austin.

This is how you move in Texas. Why didn’t I do this instead of packing all my stuff?

I stopped in El Paso, TX for lunch, at L & J Cafe (based on Yelp reviews, of course). It was about 2 PM, and I expected the place to be fairly empty. It was completely full! Even the bar was full, and people were standing around it waiting! So I decided to get the food to go, and eat it a bit later. While waiting …