Tuesday: arrived in Texas at Texarkana on the train at 7.15am, arrived in Dallas an hours late and met Pastor Klaus who drove me to Brownwood, arriving after dark.
Wednesday: departed for Midland  over 200 miles away. We arrived in town and set up, had dinner, performed the evening concert, went to the host family's house for the night .
Thursday: back at the bus just after sunrise (8.am) and drove to Las Cruces, New Mexico which is about 350 miles away. We passed out of Texas at El Paso at about 3.00pm.

I was in Texas, the second largest state (Alaska is the largest) for a mere 53 hours 45 minutes, and travelled a total distance of 937 miles (217 by train, 160 by car and the rest by the tour bus). Most of the time was spent either travelling or sleeping

On the Texan roads the speed limit for cars etc is 75mph during the daytime and 65mph at night. For trucks it is 70mph during the daytime and 65mph at night.

One thing Texas is known for is its oil. At various places the oil pumps, known as "nodding donkeys" can be seen in large quantities, slowly pumping up the oil.

The further west you go the hotter and drier the climate becomes. 

"Exotic" plants start appearing like these which are probably a type of palm.
 

 
El Paso - the last outpost in Texas. To the north and west (right and ahead) of here is New Mexico, and to the south across the Rio Grande is Mexico itself. Tall palm trees can now bee seen around the town, the landscape is dry and dusty - mainly a very coarse rocky sand with small bushes and occasional cacti.