Day 12: Lubbock, TX

Stop 9 / State 5:  Lubbock, TX

Also a new time zone.  Today we entered Central Daylight Savings time.  Today's trip was about 205 miles, about 30 miles longer than Google Maps indicated that it should be.  From now on, we will be checking our Magellan against our expectations from Google.

Just before we crossed the Texas border, the clouds decided to announce the fact.

The actual crossing:

The trip down to Lubbock was through some of the flattest farmland that we've ever seen.  It was like being far at sea.  In all directions, it was smooth all the way to the horizon.

Our campsite:

We've been watching the news all afternoon because there's been a huge front of thunderstorms and baseball sized hail just to the east of Lubbock.  Looks like it's moving away from us.  One reason that we've been getting an early start every morning is that the wind/weather seems to hold off until the afternoon.  We may be in for a couple of more days of threatening weather in San Angelo and San Antonio,

-J-