After a whole week of partying and touring the main cities in Texas, we packed our bikes and we were off on the road again. I noticed that as we drove more west towards Arizona the scenery changed very fast to more dull and dry land with a lot less greenery. This is the Texas I imagined. The warm air hitting your face while cruising at 75 mph and the enormous bugs that hit your arms caused the ride to be harder than expected. We have spoken to each other about taking a break between one to three in the afternoon due to the extreme heat, but all our talk doesn't cause us to change the way we ride. It is an ironic recurring phenomenon, that we sit down the night before and plan ways to improve our tour together and after the conversation we really feel that things will change. But the minute we wake up in the morning we go into auto, and do the same routine like the day before.
Uri and I were riding together from Dallas but Dovid was in Austin so we planned on was meeting in Lubbock tonight. Riding in two is a lot easier than a group. Even though we weren't experienced riders before this trip, we did know some basic formation rules on the road. However the more we ride together the better we get at staying close and cluster-like, while obeying the traffic laws. It's mind boggling how we started our bike trip almost 2000 miles away and have gone through more than 10 states and still haven't gotten across America! This country is just so big.
We stopped on the way at a historic landmark, which literally was a stone with some minimal information about the town. There was no one on the 2 lane road but us which made the ride more enjoyable, but also we felt more remote from civilization. We stopped in Seymour and walked around a bit. There is a feeling the more west we go in Texas the less people there are, and the stronger the southern accent gets. The triangle of the large cities, Houston, Dallas and Austin, gives a tourist the impression that Texas is like any other state, but the minute you head west you understand it isn't. It is the second largest state in America and the only one that had independence before the deceleration of uniting all the states. Texans are very proud of their heritage and don't mind showing it too. The Texas flag is the only one that is allowed to be set at the same height as the United States flag, and we see way more of them around here.
We arrived at Lubbock just an hour ago and are waiting for Dovid to come in. Just a few minutes ago Uri just got a call from him and had to got jump start his bike. Sounds like he has an electrical issue with it and may need to be towed. We all hope this isn't a serious issue cause even though it seems as though we have all the time in the world, we actually don't and have a very tight schedule of our travels.
We planned on camping out tonight but because of the event today we will stay at a motel to regroup and evaluate the situation and think of our further plans.
