Texas 2012: Days 9-The End

Oh boy, I sort of forgot/couldn't be bothered updating this in the past week or so. Rest assured though, I've been having an awesome time. I've been doing a lot of driving and walking, and really not that much photographing now that I look back. In any case, I'm going to use this post to dump a few photos of the past week, on this, the last night of my stay in the great state of Texas.

Texas 2012: Days 5-7

Or 'that time I walked on the turf at Cowboys Stadium and ate more stuff'.

Texas 2012: Days 3-4

I'm still alive and well (at least until all the cholesterol and sugar takes control of my organs), and I've had a pretty cool couple of days here.

Texas 2012: Days 1-2

I'm finally here. It's hot as hell. But so far so good.

Texas 2012: Day -8

It's close now. Time has somewhat crept up on me, leaving just over a week to go until I leave for Dallas/Fort Worth International airport. I feel bad for neglecting to write more about the trip, but I've had more immediate concerns which have left me more than a little unprepared with a week to go. Needless to say I've got a lot of planning to do this week so I can have my shit together in time. A part of this planning is working out my road trips, of which there are three major ones. The second takes me from the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex (my adopted 'hometown' of the trip) south, to the capital city of Austin. From there I make the shorter, southerner, journey to San Antonio. The first trip I make though, is the one that excites me the most. In the first days, I'll be heading west, to Odessa.

Texas 2012: Day -31

As I've probably made pretty clear already, food has been a pretty major contributor in my decision to go to Texas. Obviously I'll be in the heart of barbecue country for two weeks, and it's going to be awesome, but I'm almost equally excited about experiencing much of what America's fast food chains have to offer. This may seem strange - why would I go halfway across the globe just to eat some junk from a fast food joint, right? Well... I guess that's a fair point. But I couldn't live with myself if I left the US without having had some of the more crazy or elusive treats that we can only dream of on this side of the Atlantic. Here's a quick top five.

Texas 2012: Day -45

Top Five foods to try in the Lone Star state:

Texas 2012: Day -61

Meet 'The Boomstick'.

Texas 2012 - Day -70

As you the reader may or may not be aware, I am currently planning a trip to the Lone Star State. In exactly ten weeks I will be leaving on an adventure to the place of my dreams - home of barbeque, cowboys and the Friday night lights - Texas. At the moment I have only a rough idea of what I'll be doing during the two weeks that I'll be there, and so over the next couple of months I wish to plan in more detail the routes and stops that I wish to take and make. To facilitate this I recently purchased a couple of big old road maps of Texas to stick on my wall:

In the following days and weeks I'll be adding various bits and pieces to it so I can see at a glance just where I'll be each day, and what I can do there. Hopefully the next time you see this map it will be brimming with colour and information. Anyway, this post is basically an introduction to what I hope will be an ongoing thing - hopefully where I can explain various destinations that I hope to visit, and give a bit of insight into Texas in general. Eventually then, the plan will be to do a daily post from the great state itself, where I can upload photos and all the usual travelogue shit that everyone does. Totally just an excuse to write SOMETHING and also to document my trip, because I definitely wouldn't bother otherwise.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for further Texas updates.