It was a great trip to Texas

Travelling with two cats is a challenge in any event.  We decided we did not want to make more of a challenge than we had to so we chose to make the trip from California to Texas essentially nonstop.  It took us exactly 26 hours portal to portal.  We stopped only for gas, thanks to my mom who set us up with a cooler filled with sandwiches, fruit, peanut brittle, carrots, and other munchies.  We took turns driving 4 hour (+/-) shifts.  We left Los Angeles at 1230 and were in our temporary hotel room by 1600 local time.  Somewhere along the line we realized that there is a two hour time change.  Arizona does not adhere to daylight savings time, so the first time change was virtually the instant we crossed into New Mexico.  The second time change was almost immediately after entering Texas.

Our first stop was in Quartzsite, Arizona.  There is a yacht club there called Quartzsite Yacht Club.  It's not much of a place, but Brenda wanted to stop for a photo. 



Here we go into Arizona.  I know the quality is not great, but we were
moving pretty fast

 



And there goes the sun.  We the next time we saw the sun was well after we entered Texas.

Believe it or not, this sign notifies you that you are now entering New Mexico.

This sign welcomes you to the great state of Texas.

There really is a big blue star over that sign welcoming you to Texas.

Sunrise over the Texas desert......at 70 mph.

So you may be wondering why we didn't stop here and there and everywhere for photo and tourist opportunities.  Well, this is America and it's not going anywhere.  We were on a mission to get our butts to south Texas before our boat, Abreojos.  When we called on Monday morning at 0900, Abreojos was already to Blythe.  We did not see her on the road.  We assume she diverted off the main route because of bridges, etc.  We're sure she is safe, and on her way, but we will call again today to find out where she is and when she will arrive here in Rockport.

When we got in, we both fell asleep.  When we awoke, we were both hungry, so we found a place using the "Places" app on my Droid.  We had dinner at a place called The Poor Man's Country Club.  Excellent food, cold Beer, friendly service.  It was like a warehouse with high ceilings and roll up doors.  The bar was well stocked and beers were delivered with their own neoprene cozy.  Oh yeah, that reminds me.

We were somewhat unprepared for the heat and humidity down here.  This will take a couple days to get used to.  The climate is like Hawaii.  Today, we plan to go exploring and learn something about this area.  What we saw coming in was depressing.  There were a couple towns along the county road we took in to Rockport off the main highway that looked completely boarded up and deserted.  I guess hard times are everywhere, but I imagine in a place like this where there are limits on limits in terms of what kind of jobs people can do, hard economic times hit here the hardest.  The market we visited to get some supplies for the hotel room was seemingly quite well stocked - it was a combination of Vons/Ralphs and Costco.  The brand names were different, but everything else seemed like it was where it belonged.

We'll see, this part of South Texas is very tourist oriented.  We'll certainly have more to say and more pictures later.