texas has been going well. apart from some heavy showers yesterday. Reid and I have been loving the rolling countryside of eastern texas. it could almost be England stangely enough. the fields are dotted with trees and hedges. the ranches are all pretty old with brick chimneys and wooden exteriors. the towns are definitely unique though with their wild west feel (saloons and all). at the moment we are in a small town called LaGrange so hopefully i should make it to austin tmrw. I hear there is a music festival so i am looking forward to taking some time off for a texan shindig.

We took the day off yesterday, due to a storm, in village called independence, where we had a few political discussions. interesting but cant say i gained too much from the locals who seem to be paranoid about muslims in a major way. still i enjoyed seeing what the average texan feels about these issues and i can see where some of them are coming from at times.

We camped on Saturday by lake livingston which was stunning but pretty cold. reid has his canadian sleeping bag which is fine for -20 degrees but i have been freezing my nuts off!

now i cant wait to get to austin where i might be abole to choose something from a menu and hopefully see the south by south-west music festival which starts on Friday. one thing is for sure, peanutbutter sandwiches for lunch are starting to wear thin so I am hoping to eat something which isnt brown! have to Bastrop so i can camp in the national park there. inabit