Today, Dennis made us breakfast (hashbrowns, sausage, eggs, and biscuits). Then we were on the road to Salt Lake City.
We entered Paris, Texas at 10:36 AM (local). The vegetation around Paris thins out. There are open fields that are farmed, grain and cattle. We stopped at an Exxon station for treats, drinks and a bathroom break.
– Victoria
11:21
I think the south of the U.S. is really hot. So hot you could catch on FIRE. The people here have very strong accents.
– Douglas
I saw a camel eating leaves off a tree on someone’s farm! A camel! I was the only one who saw.
– Kristina
12:12 pm Temperature 38 deg. C (100 F) – Air conditioning still working.
– Victoria
1:00 pm Stopped for lunch across the street from an Exxon gas station at some picnic benches. Ate peanut butter and jam sandwiches, grapes, and stawberries. William ate his apple.
– Kristina
1:54 pm Temperature is 40 C (104 F) just after Saint Jo, Texas.
Animals that we came across in Arkansas are raccoons, possums and armadillows. In Texas, we’ve seen armadillos and longhorn cattle. Yesterday, we saw deer (smaller than the ones in Alberta) at Atlanta State Park.
2:00 pm 41C (106F) at Nacona, Texas
2:27 pm 42C (108F) at Henrietta, Texas
2:33 pm 43C (110F)
We got gasoline at Love”s gas station and we saw Roadrunners.
Stopped in Vernon, Texas to cool off our tires at an abandoned gas station.
Next, we stopped at a rest stop in Herdeman County. There were warning signs for rattle snakes. A semi-trailer truck pulled up next to us, carrying military equipment. As we left, the compass and temperature thing in the van wasn’t calibrated anymore. It indicated we need to drive the vehicle in a circle to recalibrate. It looked very silly to see us driving in circles in the parking lot. It recalibrated, but the temperature appears to be incorrect (it later worked too).
There are a lot of blown out tires on the Texan highways.
We ate at Sonic Amerias Drive-in in Childress, Texas.
We camped at KOA in Amarillo, Texas. We arrived at 9:15 pm.
– Victoria