DAY 11/12 - Houston, Tx - Dallas, Texas

We drove on I 45 north from Houston to Dallas and honestly there wasn't much on the way. I stopped at the Sam Houston statue which was right off the highway and checked out the visitor center. I found out that the
statue which is 77 ft tall is the 3rd largest statue in the United States, after "our lad of the Rockies" in Butte, Montana, and the Statue of Liberty. The ride was extremely windy and I had to fight with the bike to keep it going in a straight line.

We got to Dallas and arrived at Mathew's house. I haven't seen him since we were together back in the army, so it was quite an exciting meetup. We are so happy that we are staying with him and plan on doing a lot together in this city.

Even though we did extensive planning and research for this motorcycle tour, we still have days which are slower than others. Cities across the globe are more or less the same, with a small difference of latitude or longitude. We thought that every city has it's unique attributes and there must be dozens of things to do everywhere. Well, I am sure if we really work hard we can find museums and things to do off the beaten track, but overall it's okay to say that some places are just more boring than others.

We rode to the Methodist university near uptown Dallas and walked around the campus. One of the most irritating things to me in the States is to compare our university campuses in Israel to the ones here. Well there is no comparison. The universities here are just beautiful, and it will be really hard to get used to the dry and desert like campuses back at home.