I continued on north to Hico (pronounced with a long “i”, as I found out from a local), and instead of taking TX 220 to
Category: Earlybird’s Travels
The collected travelogues of William C. Early: architect, artist, traveler, and observer. Bill’s artwork is shown.
An Odyssey Into
The Wild And Wonderful West,
Or,
If You Can’t Stand The Heat,
Get Outta’ Dallas
The Austin Trip – 2003 VI
In all my hundreds and hundreds of overnight stops at rest areas and the like, I had never experienced what was about to happen. One
The Austin Trip – 2003 V
I pulled in at the Exxon station where Mr. Helpful suggested I stop. He must have had the town wired. It turned out the attendant
The Austin Trip – 2003 IV
It was early afternoon, so I had plenty of time to check out the downtown Austin scene. The sun was really intense, and I luckily
The Austin Trip – 2003 III
Although Suzi had e-mailed me explicit directions to her apartment, I let her sister have full reins on navigating the rest of the way, you
The Austin Trip – 2003 II
Mercifully, the bottleneck finally broke open somewhere north of Waxahachie. The right lane had been closed for several miles, and as we passed by the