We arrive in Texas, the Lone Star State! The temperature has warmed up again and is around 80 degrees. We stay a couple of nights in a campsite in Beaumont where breakfast is included in the site fee! We chat to a neighbour who recommends visiting Bolivar Peninsular; so the next day we set off for the Gulf coast.
The peninsular was flattened by hurricane Ike in 2008 so many of the houses are new, having been rebuilt – all on stilts.
This is also where migrating birds pass on their way south for the winter. There are brown pelicans everywhere as they are the ‘locals’ and there are also large white pelicans, who are ‘visitors’ as they are on their way south.
There are blackbirds everywhere too – skinnier than the UK ones, with long tails and a very distinctive whistle and call.
We learn that there is to be one of the biggest gatherings
of motorbikes this weekend at The Lone Star Motorbike Rally in Galveston.
There's an old saying about the size of Texas: "The sun is riz, the sun is set, and we ain't out of Texas yet." Enjoy the Lonestar State.
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