You have so far followed faithfully on all our seemingly erratic route choices, don't doubt us now. We know what you're thinking, Texas? I thought you were in New Mexico.
Being an enormous mass of land, Texas seems easiest if done in parts. El Paso for now and back to New Mexico...then back to Texas. See it all makes sense.
Crossing into Texas we couldn't help but notice how the road signs there are quite large. The first sign boasted about the friendly drivers we would encounter in Texas. It lied.
We started our Texas adventure with a meal in a family owned, extremely crowded hole-in-the-wall. The food and service at L and J's was great and the dining experience unusual. Drunks, rowdy good-ole boys, business professionals in suits on their lunch breaks, and the two of us, made for a diverse crowd and proved the food was good. We can attest.
After lunch we walked through the UTEL campus and stopped in at the school's museum. Here we got to see interesting exhibits that ranged from decaying railroads in Mexico, stories from Tuberculosis sufferers, a collection of minerals and a room of taxidermy birds. A wonderful museum set on a beautiful campus and still not the highlight of the day.
Isaiah surprised me by taking me to a family run cheese farm. Though a lover of cheese I was confused. Instead of cheese, I found a petting zoo. I was still confused, but elated that in the cheese factory's backyard was the best free petting zoo I've ever been to. Burrows, goats and cows were cool, but expected. Ostrich's, peacocks, llamas, an albino reindeer and several types of birds so exotic they were unidentifiable were the real treat. After cooing at a tiny burrow and baby peacock for an hour I am sure Isaiah was silently reconsidering any future animal surprises.
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