by J. Dawg | Mar 13, 2014 | Southwest Culture Roadtrip, Texas
It was so nice to leave the big city sprawl of Austin and start to see wide open spaces and gentle rolling hills. West of Austin the terrain starts to change to rocky scrub grass land. There are less trees, less development, open range, and the elevation...
by J. Dawg | Mar 12, 2014 | Southwest Culture Roadtrip, Texas
After spending 3 days immersed in Cajun culture, we said “adieu” to Louisiana. Now its “Hola Tejas!” as we traveled west into the Lone Star State. Its one big state. From the Louisiana border to El Paso is about 850...
by J. Dawg | Mar 9, 2014 | Louisiana, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
Our second day on the Cajun Prairie found us meandering north to the town of Eunice, going through the small towns of Washington and Port Barre. We drove the back roads which we found to be a little rough and narrow.  But the route let us get a good glimpse of the...
by J. Dawg | Mar 7, 2014 | Louisiana, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
From the Florida Panhandle, we said goodbye to the ocean and made our way west to Louisiana to visit the Cajun Prairie. I visited this area in 2000 when I spent a week bicycling thru the area. You can read my blog entry about our trip at Louisiana Cajun...
by J. Dawg | Mar 2, 2014 | Florida, Southwest Culture Roadtrip
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain, I’m on the road to Shambala! Not the exact song phasing, but close enough because it feels so good to be on the road again. After being parked for the past month, we packed up and rolled the RV west on I-10...
by J. Dawg | Feb 27, 2014 | Southwest Culture Roadtrip
“So what are you doing out here? Are you trying to learn something or do you have a plan?” That was the question a camping neighbor asked me while I stopped to have a chat. I had been on the road for a little over a week and met this fellow in Rocky...