Odometer: 110,910 8:20 time to get up and have some waffles/pancakes for breakfast. Before we leave, I call John again - and reach him. At 10:30 we are at their house and have coffee until about 12:30. It was very nice seeing him and Rose again and we believe they were happy to see us…...

Odometer: 110,721 8:15 getting up. 09:00 leaving towards the coast again. It’s raining and the sky is dark grey. We drive along the ocean to Galveston and try to imagine how it would look if the weather were nice. Almost all the houses along the coast are built on pillars which looks kind of funny.…...

Odometer: 110,482 8:00 getting up. 10:00 leaving to Mustang Island State Park which we are just passing. In Port Aransas we visit the Birding Center near the water treatment plant. Besides cormorants and white and brown pelicans we also see sea turtles, lots of herons and ducks, and some big crabs but no alligator. We…...

Odometer: 110227 07:30 getting up - 09:30 on Hwy 77 north to Corpus Christy - 130 miles through tropical landscape with lots of ponds and palm trees along the Hwy. We are wondering whether there are alligators in these ponds. We remember that in Florida they were everywhere. But here the farmers have their cattle…...

Odometer: 110,055 8:00 getting up - 9:30 Visitor Center and on to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. We drive and walk around until about 2:00 p.m.  We see a deer, some rabbits, a fox, doves, lots of different herons and two different hawks as well as hundreds of dragon flies in all sizes and colors.…...

Odometer: 109,795 7:40 we wake up. 9:30 time to pack and go. We first stop at a tire and tune-up place to get the brakes checked and the tires replaced. Shortly after 11:00 we are on Hwy 83 south on the way to Zapata. The humidity is getting higher and higher almost tropical. The closer…...

Odometer: 109,568 8:00 we get up. Breakfast was not included either, so we leave half an hour later. First we drive back 10 miles to have a closer look at the Amistad Reservoir. A deep blue lake surrounded by white rocks - beautiful. We see some big horn deer as well as deer with long…...

Odometer: 108,977 7:40 getting up. 8:20 on the road again on Hwy 10 east along the Mexican border. El Paso is huge but a typical border town - a lot of favelas and big industrial plants. Also, what we have seen north of town already, are cattle collection places - a very sad and tryst…...

Odometer: 108,629 6:45: Marco is getting up. 7:45: I’m getting up. 9:00: we are leaving Albuquerque on Hwy 14 east and then take scenic byway 337 south. The road is leading up to an elevation of probably 6000 to 7000 ft. The landscape is very green up here, grassland with lots of trees and bushes.…...

Odometer: 108,535 6:45: Marco rushes out of bed. I need another half hour to get up. At 9:30 we look for a Jiffy Lub to get the oil changed on our dear Toyota as well as the windshield fixed after a stone had hit it about 10 days ago. Once our car is fit and…...