May 21 Del Rio and West
By 8:30 my breakfast was over and we were passing Laughlin Air Force Base. We had a very brief stop in Del Rio, the “Queen […]
May 21 San Antonio
Close to 2:00 in the morning we were approaching San Antonio. We went through a large exchange yard on the outskirts, and then came to […]
May 21 Pecos High Bridge
Along the route today we saw the small Rio Grande (granted, it was below the Amistad Reservoir), and then passed the impressive Pecos river. To […]
May 20 Houston
As I sit in the waiting area of the Houston Amtrak station just after 9pm, a wide variety of life is dribbling through the front […]
Fuzzy Microphone
One of my volunteer sidelines is producing the sound for the Houston Roller Derby. It’s a lot of work, but usually only one day a […]
Hip Number Three
I’m in Marfa today, and all weekend. Next week I’ll be visiting my friend Bret Bloomquist in El Paso. But today he’s having his hip […]